This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AY.2ADE/76.1.2 Message Board Post: The only clue as to location of the ranch that I have is 8 miles east of Stockton. The family history states that James M. Williams was in the business of raising horses. Are their clues in the diary as to ranch location? Have you been successful in finding maps or property descriptions? The BLM land patent index should help. I think their Internet site is up and running again.