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From: "David McLaren" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Township in Place List
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:12:53 -0700
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Bob,

My Dixon ancestors settled in Dixon Township (it was named after them),
Hamlin County, South Dakota. Their farm is immediately adjacent to the
incorporated town of Vienna, South Dakota - which is in Pleasant Township,
Clark County. All these townships are government land (homestead)
designations and they help me keep track of who was living where. Also,
they often correspond to the census enumeration districts, so they help me
search the census records.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "bob gillis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:49 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Township in Place List


> David McLaren wrote:
> >
> > For reasons I don't understand, or don't remember from the research, I
have
> > lots of locations with city or village, and township, and county
> > (particularly in Canada). Thus the concern with saving all.
> >
>
> Give us some examples of these from official records. I agree that you
> will find villages and hamlets in a township, but I don't think you will
> find incorporated towns and cities being considered in a township.
>
> And the example you gave in another message: Lanark Village, Lanark
> Township, Lanark County, Ontario. I would not use Village in the place
> name unless it was used as part of the name as in : French Village, ,
> Halifax County, NS.
>
> And if you want to record townships to clarify two village with the same
> or similar names, you can put an exclusion marker: - in front of the
> township name so it will not print.
>
> bob gillis
>
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