Progeny's software helps you pinpoint ancestral places.
If you've ever tried to locate the tiny French hamlet (or was it in
Switzerland?) whence your immigrant ancestor came, you know the meaning
of frustration.
Progeny Software hopes its World Place Finder CD-ROM
will keep you from pulling your hair out. The database contains more
than 3.3 million place names from around the world, and you can have it
for the $6 shipping and handling charge.
You can search World Place Finder by entering the name of a town,
city, county or country anywhere in the world — or a church or cemetery
in the United States (be sure to check spelling variations). You'll get
a list of matches including the longitude and latitude for each place.
Then you can use your records to find your ancestor's home.