In a message dated 6/12/00 1:44:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Does anyone know what a balley is? My grandfather owned a liquor store and > saloon. The liquor was bottled on the premises from wooden kegs. He had to > license his pool tables and balleys. In 1902 he licensed four balleys.....I' > ve tried online dictionaries but found nothing.......Beats my brain. > > Janet Enloe in Monarch, MT The spelling might actually be 'bailey.' In some places, it wasn't all that uncommon to be taxed based upon buildings, structures, windows, etc. Julia Portland, Oregon JuliaL1957@aol.com SURNAMES: Baker, Baldwin, Beach, Bearman/Berman/Bereman, Beckwith, Blackorby/Blackaby/Blackeby, Brown, Burr, Dahl, Davis/Davies, Grammage, Holt, Lee, Milasich/Milasic, Moore, Parker, Peck, Platt, Pritchard, Ransier/Rancier, Read, Royce, Schroeter, Sell/Selle, Sims, Stewart/Stuart, Tennant, Tyler, Vrancovich/Vrankovic, Vranizan/Vragnizan, Watson, Way, Whitlock, Wilhelm, Wood, Woodworth