Peg, You will need a township/range map of Alachua Co. If you need to understand how to read the location, take a look at my Levy Co. site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~fllevy/archives/Landpat/landpat.htm here is a real basic 101 on how to read the descriptions, If you understand you should be able to scale out the general location on a standard map. Once I get home tonight I will see if I can find an old Township/range map of Alachua Co. and see if I can locate the property. Tom Parker -----Original Message----- From: PACorliss@aol.com [mailto:PACorliss@aol.com] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 3:06 PM To: FLALACHU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: location of land... This is a property description from 1867...my ggGrandfather died that year and the heirs petitioned the Alachua Co FL court for an order to sell the 200 more or less acres so the monies could be divided...my understanding is that the land would be in Sections 5/ and 8/...part of the description mentioned township 7...part of the description mentioned Range 21 S & E. Can anyone give me an idea about where this land was located? N 1/2 SE 1/4 5/ SE 1/4 NE 1/4 5/ 7- _ 21 S & E NE 1/4 NE 1/4 8/ N 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 8/ 7-S 21 E I will appreciate any time and effort you may be able to afford this inquiry. Happy New Year to ALL, Peg ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237