I recall hearing or reading about a web site for looking up old location names that are not currently used. I'm looking for Era, PA. We have that as the birth place of Meredith /Fisk/ 26 Jan 1845 His mother died while crossing the plains. His father handed the baby over to someone else and turned back. The adoptive parents were Ira Ames and Catherine Slayson but we want to find the birth mother too.
One such website is http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form But it does not seem to find ERA PA either. Where did you get that name? Could it be mispelled? Or something other than a legal community? Alan Jones alanjones10@cox.net Mission Viejo, California, USA -----Original Message----- From: Lorin Lund [mailto:wbs@infowest.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 5:26 PM To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAF-5] Not a PAF issue but ... maybe someone can help me I recall hearing or reading about a web site for looking up old location names that are not currently used. I'm looking for Era, PA. We have that as the birth place of Meredith /Fisk/ 26 Jan 1845 His mother died while crossing the plains. His father handed the baby over to someone else and turned back. The adoptive parents were Ira Ames and Catherine Slayson but we want to find the birth mother too. ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service http://www.familysearch.org/
Could it be Erie PA??? juanita > One such website is > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > But it does not seem to find ERA PA either. > Where did you get that name? Could it be mispelled? > Or something other than a legal community? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorin Lund [mailto:wbs@infowest.com] > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 5:26 PM > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAF-5] Not a PAF issue but ... maybe someone can help me > > > I recall hearing or reading about a web site for looking up > old location names that are not currently used. > > I'm looking for Era, PA. > > We have that as the birth place of > Meredith /Fisk/ 26 Jan 1845 > > His mother died while crossing the plains. His father > handed the baby over to someone else and turned back. > > The adoptive parents were Ira Ames and Catherine Slayson but > we want to find the birth mother too.
Could it be ERIE, Erie County, Pennsylvania? Here is the place I go to find out what county a city/town is in: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi (If you type in the Town Name without the State Abbreviation, it will return results of every occurrence of that city throughout the USA. ====== :-) Jeannie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorin Lund" <wbs@infowest.com> To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:26 PM Subject: Not a PAF issue but ... maybe someone can help me | I recall hearing or reading about a web site for looking up | old location names that are not currently used. | | I'm looking for Era, PA. | | We have that as the birth place of | Meredith /Fisk/ 26 Jan 1845 | | His mother died while crossing the plains. His father | handed the baby over to someone else and turned back. | | The adoptive parents were Ira Ames and Catherine Slayson but | we want to find the birth mother too. | | ______________________________
And here is another place to check: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form I keep both this and the RootsWeb locator icons (links) on my Task Bar, and always go first to RootsWeb and check all the places. I once found a city with the same name in 3 different places in the same state - REALLY confusing! I checked GNIS for Era, Pennsylvania. It brought up Eravel, Clinton, PA. Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeannie" <westfieldfleck-jhf@comcast.net> To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:58 AM Subject: [PAF-5] Re: Not a PAF issue but ... maybe someone can help me > > Could it be ERIE, Erie County, Pennsylvania? > Here is the place I go to find out what county a city/town is in: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > (If you type in the Town Name without the State Abbreviation, > it will return results of every occurrence of that city throughout > the USA. > ====== > :-) Jeannie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorin Lund" <wbs@infowest.com> > To: <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:26 PM > Subject: Not a PAF issue but ... maybe someone can help me > > | I recall hearing or reading about a web site for looking up > | old location names that are not currently used. > | > | I'm looking for Era, PA. > | > | We have that as the birth place of > | Meredith /Fisk/ 26 Jan 1845 > | > | His mother died while crossing the plains. His father > | handed the baby over to someone else and turned back. > | > | The adoptive parents were Ira Ames and Catherine Slayson but > | we want to find the birth mother too. > | > | ______________________________ > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service > http://www.familysearch.org/ > >