As you know, David,. Google UK can return somewhat different results; my top hit for Cornwallis Oregon was
"Footballers Born in Cornwallis, Oregon" ! (One. Frank Ramsey.) But I rather think I blundered and the page recommended Corvallis, Judy----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Jul 14, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Judith Evans wrote:good idea. (I can't take the heat either.) There's a US web page that tells you where you'd like to live (run by realtors, I assume) that gave me as top choice Cornwallis, Oregon, with somewhere in New Mexico second. ? !I thought I'd spend an idle moment finding out where Cornwallis is. The closest I can find on the web is a German immigrant's confusion of Corvalis and Cornwallis http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdtaffet/MOSES/ peteramoses_letter.html I can't put my hand on my copy of "Oregon Place Names," which suggests perhaps that tidying up should be moved a little higher up the to-do list.
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