2 messages.-------------Johnnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 07:51:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Edward M. Taylor" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: What is the strangest question Apologies, I couldn't resist a stupid gazetteer trick. For the next time: Circa is a town in Peru, Apurimac province, located at 13 deg 52 min 27 S by 72 deg 52 min 22. Ed Taylor GEOname Digital Gazetteer, GDE Systems, Inc. Home Page: http://www.gdesystems.com GEOname Page: http://www.gdesystems.com/IIS/SlipSheets/GEONAME.html On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Judith Scurfield wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > .To all in map land > > My strangest question was -- "Could you please tell me where Circa > is? The death certificate I have says born Circa 1850?" > > > Estelle Canning > > Judith s > > Map Library > State Library of Victoria > Australia. > > " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Sue Haffner <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: What is the strangest question Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 12:34:46 -0800 (PST) Just this morning a patron wanted to see a map which showed the ORIGINAL location of Alcatraz Island--before 'they' towed it to its original spot and chained it down. (It is composed of pumice, he said. Therefore, it could easily float.) This presented quite a challenge to our Map Library staff! Sue Haffner CSU Fresno Map Library