Debbie, I just heard from one of my Canadian friends and he is on the Quebec list. He said that others had asked the same question and the answer to that was that Mascouche was shortened to Masco. It does make sense, I suppose, but confusing to those of us who did not live in the 1800s. Betty Debbie Carter wrote: > Betty > I have heard of MOSCAR in dealing with the families in the Franklin co area > who were born in "lower canada", but not the MASCO that you mentioned. > This could be the same place and just be a dialect/spelling problem. > Sorry I couldn't help more. > Debbie