Howlanddavisii wrote: > Cheryl: > > 1. Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland is the location I've > given for an 1787 event. When I attempted to insert the > Geo-location data, the program correctly complains that > Allegany county wasn't formed until 1789. So, I then select > when I know to be the name of the county from which Allegany > was created; Geo-locator can't find Oldtown. > > Surely I'm doing /something/ wrong, but what? And yes that > IS how Maryland spells Allegany. > > > Using Animap, I find that in 1748, Oldtown was in Frederick > County. In 1776, it was in Washington County. And in 1789 it > was in Allegany County. The latitude given was 39.541 and > the longitude was 78.611. > I hope that helps. And you were right; my spell check does > not like that spelling of Allegany. of course it does not > like my first name either! > Howland Davis
Thanks. Allegany is one of "those" words; I'm most familiar with the Maryland version, but there's Allegheny, Alleghany, and Allagheny and then the odd-balls. (eyeroll) Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
