In the 1880 census several families have parents listed as born in "OLD". Does anyone know what OLD stands for? Thanks, Wanda

My presumption, and I may be totally off base, relates to the Town name. Many towns in Massachusetts carried an "old" name and later on adopted a new name. Good examples would be: Hamshire County #1 became Tyringham 1761 #2 became Partridgefield 1771 #3 became Worthington 1768 #3 became Sandisfield 1762 #4 became Becket 1765 #4 became Gageborough 1771 #6 became Savoy 1797 #8 became E Hoosac 1762 Franklin County #7 became Hawley 1792 Ashfield was Huntstown 1765 Bernardston was Falltown 1762 I have presumed that "born in "OLD"" related to the old name of the current name. Again, I may be totally in error. These old/new names can be found at John Chandlers site. Link is below. http://history.vineyard.net//allen/mass_cities_full.htm ........john ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Pitt" <wandap2@swbell.net> To: <PHILLIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:16 PM Subject: [PHILLIPS] 1880 census > In the 1880 census several families have parents listed as born in "OLD". > Does anyone know what OLD stands for? > Thanks, > Wanda > >