Bonjour Marcel The Alta Vista Babelfish translator: http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn will work reasonably well for the English-speaking and usually gives a translation that is either correct or can be understood with a little imagination. One needs to paste in the website address and request French to English. It's probably best to use the address: http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/topos.htm as that is the actual search page. Once a search has been made, then the list page showing is not translated, but the links are clickable. Using Babelfish, there is an interface problem and you get error messages, but the French version will produce the map and scale it properly. My recommendation would be that people use the translated interface to familiarize themselves with the use and then revert to the French version for the actual maps & scaling of the maps. Best regards Bob Marcel Benoit wrote: > Regretfully the site is so complicated that even I have problems with it. > It requires an intensive knowledge of Quebec geography as well as the > french language. It is a beautiful site and makes wonderful maps for a > family history, or understanding the area where the family lived. > Regrettfully its not in English and impossible to translate. > Marcel Benoit > > ---------- > > From: SLWCEW2@aol.com > > To: bunker.books@videotron.ca > > Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] Eastern Townships Topographic Maps? > > Date: July 22, 2000 10:21 AM > > > > In a message dated 07/21/2000 10:10:52 PM !!!First Boot!!!, > > bunker.books@videotron.ca writes: > > > > << While the Quebec Government has an excellent map site, its a bit > > complicated to use, especially if you comfortable with French. A better > > solution for the Eastern Townships is Marlene's Simmons site at > > http://www.virtuel.qc.ca/simmons/ > > > > If anyone wants to try the Quebec Government site here it is > > http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/index.htm > > > > Marcel Benoit > > >> > > Marcel: > > > > Since you suggest this site, I assume you know French? If so would it be > > possible for you to put down in English the steps we could go through to > use > > this site to obtain maps? > > > > Sandy Williams