dsee wrote: > > Regarding Sue Pawley's query about the location of certain towns -- > > I don't know what the professionals use to find places like Berne, but I > absolutely love the New York State Atlas & Gazeteer ("TOPO MAPS of the > ENTIRE STATE") put out by DeLorme Mapping for a little over $15 in book > stores. Actually they have about half of the country published this way. > It shows the names and boundaries of every township within every county, > as well as roads, hills, forests, etc. Of course the information in it is > modern (intended for hikers and hunters) so it doesn't help with the very > early counties and towns changing boundaries and whatnot, but it's 100% > better than your average road atlas!
I find the following site extremely great for locating, Towns,
Cemeteries and many other specifics. It is a free site set up by the
Federal Government.