Eleanor: overwhelmed is an understatment...grinning... This is what the books states on Stamford: " chartered by Gov.Wentworth in 1753 and was settled before the Revolution and organized in 1780. It was called for a time, New Stamford and likley named for Stamford,Connecticut" SOURCE: VT GAZETTEER OF VERMONT HERITAGE: NATIONAL SURVEY CO.,1976 Cynthia Cando1942@aol.com wrote: > Hi, Cynthia: Does the Gazatteer have anything more that geographic data? > I ask because my ancestor was listed in the 1790 VT census, and a son was > born to him, supposedly in VT. Yet I got a "no record found" reply to my > query to General Services Research. The town I am interested in is > Stamford, in Bennington County. Thanks for a lookup, if you have time. > I appreciate it, and hope you don't get overwhelmed. Eleanor