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From: Clovis McCluskey< >
Subject: Re: Need sites for locating old towns? TGN
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 15:46:01 -0800


Part of the URL has been omitted. It should be:

<http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/>;

Clovis

> Thanks for pointing this out...I tried several times and got
>several responses. I got the "ding" Does not have a
>DNS entry" followed by the actual site. I was able to input a test
>city name and get the Getty's email frame to come up, but other links
>would not work. I don't know what to tell you. Perhaps the site has
>some bugs in it? I'm not computer knowledgable enough to know. When
>it works, it's a good site. Sorry, Nancy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>---Dolores Stelling <> wrote:
>>
>> Nancy Howard wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Linda,
>> > You may find the place in the new Getty Center web site. Be
>sure
>> > you type in only ONE name of a place, not the state, etc. The
>Getty is
>> > at:
>> > http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn
>> >
>> > I keep it bookmarked,
>> > Nancy Howard
>> >
>> > --- wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I need some help locating a town, does anyone have the URL's for
>> > some sites
>> > > that will search for old place names?
>> > >
>> > > I already tried the US Gazeteer, and have been having major
>problems
>> > with the
>> > > Geographic Names Information System Online Data Base Query Form.
>> > Everytime I
>> > > try to execute a search from this site I get an error message
>about an
>> > > "invalid virtual host" or something like that.
>> > >
>> > > thanks for any suggestions!
>> > >
>> > > Linda
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > _________________________________________________________
>> > DO YOU YAHOO!?
>> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.comLinda
>> I get a window that says "This server does not have a DNS entry."
>>
>
>_________________________________________________________
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>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
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