Thanks to everyone for your help with township and range. I am working through the township and range number system. I need a bit more help, to make sure I have it down packed. T11 R3 on the 1880 Alabama Federal Census is referring to Township 11 Range 3? Looking an Alabama map (thanks), I move up the St. Stphens Merridian to 11 and over on the horizontal line to 3. I get a square above Grove Hill, right? What are Beats and Precincts? It says Choctaw Corner Precinct. Later, censuses say Choctaw Corner Beat Precinct 21, for example. I want to be able to find the land on a map and overlay realestate sites and census locations. I know somehow from T11 R3, Beat, Precinct & Dwelling they were able to locate farms and houses. I do not understand how, though. The T & R looks like the realestate/map township and range. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.