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    1. [VATAZEWE] Find any location yourself
    2. Robert Crabtree
    3. I continue to see people looking for locations. If you can navigate the WEB try the following as I mention below. Its free. I went to this Web Site: http://www.topozone.com/ Typed in the query box the following one at a time: Crabtree Crabtree Creek Crabtree Cemetery and others. I got locations for each of these. I clicked on these locations and got a topographical map of the area. I could then adjust the area covered i.e.. 1/25,000. This gave me a map that zooms in to the equivalent of 1 mile to 4 inches on the screen. It shows all homes, some cemeteries etc in the area requested. I use this map to look up locations I find in family histories, land grants and etc. I am always seeing people wanting lookups and information on locations. Here is what you want in just a matter of seconds and it's free. And the information is accurate and without a lot of helpful folks on these lists responding where they may think it is. My Crabtree family was located on Holston River in SW Virginia. I clicked on North Fork Holston and navigated the map to where I was born in Boissevain, VA. By following the river and through the gaps, I noticed locations along the way that I was familiar with on old home places. I even passed through Crabtree Gap. I also followed the Holston South West and became familiar with the route the rafters took while shipping their pelts, lead, powder, iron ore and etc. down to New Orleans. You folks that migrated from TN and KY can see the close proximity of these locals with that of SWVA, KY and the Cumberland Pass. Elevations and contours are well defined and you can get a real good mental impression of why they traveled the way they did and better understand the hardships they must have endured. I will not say that all locations can be found on this map but I found some that has never been on any other map I have viewed. Topo maps are designed to show geographical and population information. They have as I mentioned contours, elevations and they also show mining, creeks, hollows, communities, cemeteries and etc. If you are interested in a travel map to view highways, go to http://www.mapquest.com. I clicked on both of these links and they will work. Robert Crabtree

    02/24/2000 01:31:49