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From: "Robert L. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: MA Town/County List
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:05:10


At 01:24 AM 3/7/98 EST, Allan Green wrote:
>I found a good bit of this on a web site at
>
>http://www.texhoma.net/~lrsears/matowns.html
>
>where it seemed intended to serve as access to real estate listings and ads.
>
>I copied the information, reformatted it into two columns, using Word
Perfect.
>If you think it appropriate, it might be a useful tool for your website.
I so
>often find myself with a magnifying glass, trying to read the tiny index
in my
>Rand McNally, find the town on the grid and then hunt for the county lines to
>try to be certain in which county a given town is located. Thus, I have been
>looking for just such a list, even though I know it is not complete. As best
>I can tell, the really tiny towns are not here, but most of those with any
>significant population are.
>
>Hope you think it is useful.

I found another list which I find even more useful. It was compiled by John
Chandler. I have now posted it to the WHITNEY Family Genealogy website:
<http://www.erols.com/rlward1/whitney/mass/towns.html>;
It was so long that I had to break it up by county. It is linked from the
Massachusetts WHITNEY Vital Records page.

I hope that all the researchers with Massachusetts ancestry find it as
worthwhile to consult as I do.

Regards,

Robert

Robert L. Ward

http://www.erols.com/rlward1/
12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832
301-776-1659

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