Follow-up to my message yesterday about "The Tulpehocken." Evidently some subscribers are having difficulty with a link on the Webpage that describes "The Tulpehocken" at http://www.rootsweb.com/~paberks/townships/tulpehocken.html . The link is supposed to point to a map of the area. The link worked for me yesterday and it worked the first time I tried it this morning, but after that the link stopped working. To get to an on-line map of "The Tulpehocken," one can use the USGNIS map server. Go to the query form at: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form On that page, fill in the following blanks: Feature name: "Tulpehocken" State: "Pennsylvania" County Name: "Berks' Then click on "Send Query." This brings up a menu listing four features in Berks Co. named "Tulpehocken." Click on "Creek" to get the map with red dots that show the area settled by the Germans who came down the Susquehanna River from New York state in the 1820's. On the "Tulpehocken Creek" page that comes up, scroll down and click on "Show Feature Location." On the next page red dots will indicate the course of the Tulpehocken Creek. I find the USGNIS maps very helpful in locating many places I hunt for when working on family history. There are 64 different "feature types" on their search menu. I recommend that researchers put the above URL for the GNIS query form in their "Favorites" and use it often. It is an exceptionally useful tool when searching for locations. Nelson R. Sulouff