On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, George Lowe wrote: > This brought to my mind a question that has long interested me. My > father was born in a place called Loweton, Saskatchewan in 1906. The > only reason that it was Loweton is that the "Post Office" was in his > parents' home. I would dearly love to find the place but, of course, > like so many things in the past no apparent evidence of its existence > remains. At least so far as I know. I'd love to hear differently anyone!! > > George Lowe George, I didn't check for any new URLs for "place names" but perhaps a YAHOO search will find some others for you. This first one below isn't restricted to the US and might have something for you. It reports six Joplin towns. The third URL below below explains the GNIS Data Base of US place names. The 2nd one is the Query form, and reports 39 Joplin's, including Joplin Cemetery & Joplin School in Illinois as well as Joplin Branch in W. Virg Hope these will be helpful to you. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Geographic Nameserver http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo USGS Mapping Information: GNIS Data Base Query Form http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html maps USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Happy to help anytime, John You wanna discuss it? Try: INDIAN-HERITAGE discussion list *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # # =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # # I have Ancestors, Aunts, Cousins, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters. # # Some are very good, some are very bad, but they're all mine. # *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*