This evening I came upon this great news upon reviewing the Franklin County site. I have been looking for this village for years. It appeared on my 3rd Great Grandfather's Declaratioin Document. WHO SAYS THIS SITE DOES NOT WORK? Thank you for this genealogy present. Bill Wolfe Boulder, Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:10 PM Subject: [VTFRANKL] Re: Mosco, Quebec Canada -found? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAC.2ACI/1274.1354.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I haven't yet but a lady named Bridget wrote me: "I had found a Quebec > marriage record which stated that the groom's parents were from Maska. > After much searching I found an answer on the Rootsweb Quebec Research > mailing list. On Jan. 5, 2003 someone posted the answer to your question, > and mine, too. He quoted an article written in 1879, which stated that > Mosco was actually St. Hyacinth, which is in Yamaska and was called Maska > by the locals and in English became Mosko. Hope this helps you. It did > help me find my missing ancestor from Maska." > > Another wrote me: "a lady said that Masco was in the area of Noyan and is > not on the maps today. Noyan is down between the Richelieu River and Lake > Missisqoui." > > One gentleman wrote: "Yamaska and Yamaska East are neighboring Quebec > Villages just east of Sroel on the St Lawrence River abt 1/2 way between > Montreal & Quebec. There is a river and a mountain with the same name. > Maska & Mamaska are Abenaki names for the area. There has beena roman > Catholic mission there since 1727." > > Another wrote: "Recently I saw something that stated Mosco was often used > as an Indian word for Missisquoi, i.e.., being on or near the Missisquoi > river." > > Another said: My ancestors had reference to 'Maska' which I later found to > mean Yamaska (River) and indicated the area around St. Damase, PQ. > > I'm still not CERTAIN but St Hyacinthe might be the place to check as > Bridget was the only one who stated she'd found her Maska ancestors there. > Also this town IS just north of St Damase and the Yamaska River does run > through both towns. > > > ==== VTFRANKL Mailing List ==== > Karima, List Administrator mailto:[email protected] > List Guidelines: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/FranklinCoWelcomePage.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >