Harriet: Harriet, I hope you dont mind my using your message as a message to all ! <G> snip>>>getting off subject from time to time">>snip>> The discussion of towns/villages/townships/ is not quite off the subject of genealogy as for those who are seeking New England ancestors are in the western part of the country need to understand how the towns and counties changed over the years. Perhaps we need MORE discussions like this..........if folks on this list would throw out questions on a subject they dont know about instead of "riding along " with the list and not asking anything because: 1.they are too shy... or . 2..dont want to stir up anything in fear of nasty replies (these list have been good about being nice) or..... 3. just plain dont know how to go about asking and risk sounding silly There are 3 list here..... Ct-River-Valley-L.....CtHartfo-L (Hartford Co.,Conn) and VtWindsor-L (Windsor Co.,Vt) Connecticut River Valley has 356 subscribers CtHartford has 151 subscribers VTWindsor has 103 subscribers With 650 subscribers........there should be plenty of questions and I know I have a number of "Oldbies" on these list with years of experience and some professionals as well and the questions hopefully will be answered backed up by resources or experience. Cynthia Moderator of : Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com VTWindso-L@rootsweb.com CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Harriet Chase <hatchase@uswest.net> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 1:35 AM Subject: [CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L] TOWNS VS CITIES > In reference to Bill Harvey's questions as to what constitutes a town > or city, I too am courious. Living in WA state and a VT transplant, have > noted that most all "settlements" here are called cities. There may be > certain criteria; that I don't know. > this in my opinion justifies our getting " off subject" from time to time > that we might get to know and understand whom we are corresponding with, > ergo, perhaps understand our heritage better. > Harriet Chase > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > This list covers genealogy and history of The Connecticut River Valley > Accuracy is important--double check your spelling and dates . > Got information to share-----share them.....list sources > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical lib for Ct-River-Valley area) > list owner: cyndylou3@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. > You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million > records, in over 1800 databases. Visit > http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226.4 > >