How Credible is the Markham Tape?

[David Josephs]

I found this link to a page where MaBell lists the "Officially recommended Exchange names" http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/Recommended.html
It does NOT show MAtthew as an exchange anywhere... but that does not mean it was not used by operators.

I found another site that allows you to search Exchanges: http://rcrowe.brinkster.net/tensearch.aspx

There are TX phone numbers that begin with MA so I do not know that you can say definitively that Markham was not reached at a phone in Texas.
Plus she finally admits that is is indeed her on the tape...

Since there were no area codes at this time it is impossible to tell which state MA (62) would be as all states could have a MA (62) starting number.
A long distance call had to be accomplished with an operator as the transcirpts show http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/w..._0296a.htm

Seems to me that MAyfield or MArket could easily reach Mrs Markham in TX somewhere... I have no idea what MAtthew might be.



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[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$exletters')]Letters Dialed[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$exname')]EXchange Name[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$city')]City[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$state')]State[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$country')]Country[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$comment')]More info[/url][/TH]
[TH][url=javascript:__doPostBack('ExchangesGrid','Sort$yourname')]Contributed By[/url][/TH]
[TH] [/TH]
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[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Barksdale[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Buena Vista[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Fort Worth[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]Normalize location[/TD]
[TD]Hugh Hamiton <hamilton[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Ft.Worth[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nlambert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Indian Creek[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MArket[/TD]
[TD]Palo Alto[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAyfair[/TD]
[TD]Dallas[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]Normalize prefix[/TD]
[TD]Hugh Hamilton <hamilton[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAyfair[/TD]
[TD]Jarratt[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAyfair[/TD]
[TD]Oak Island[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAyfair[/TD]
[TD]Sandy Hills[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
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[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAyfair[/TD]
[TD]Thelma[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MA (?)[/TD]
[TD]Decatur[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MA (?)[/TD]
[TD]Somerset[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]Houston[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection.48 IVanhoe at Cincinnati OH needs to be deleted. This name didn't exist there.[/TD]
[TD]nlambert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]New Braunfels[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nlambert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]Sandy Creek[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]Windom[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAin[/TD]
[TD]Deadwood[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAin[/TD]
[TD]Eastland[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]nLAmbert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAin[/TD]
[TD]El Paso[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]Old directories[/TD]
[TD]Hugh Hamilton <hamilto[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAin .[/TD]
[TD]Dallas[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]1918 directory. Manual prefix[/TD]
[TD]Hugh Hamilton <hugh.hamilton[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]Bellaire[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection. Houston exchange.[/TD]
[TD]n lambert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: #EFF3FB"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAin[/TD]
[TD]Darrouzett[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]from my collection[/TD]
[TD]n lambert[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: white"]
[TD]62[/TD]
[TD]MA[/TD]
[TD]MAdison[/TD]
[TD]Houston[/TD]
[TD]TX[/TD]
[TD]USA[/TD]
[TD]Found on old company letterhead along with MOhawk. Address was 11525 S. Main, Houston 25, Texas.[/TD]
[TD]T. Holmes[/TD]
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