Mary, I think Liberty was the old name for Rockwood. http://www.tomshawcross.blogspot.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shawcross&id=I53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Riseling" <riseling@insightbb.com> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 9:07 PM Subject: [ILJACKSO] Liberty Post Office > Where was the Liberty Post Office that is listed on the 1860 census. I'm > assuming it was somewhere around Grand Tower as the census information > indicates the family is living in Township 10 Range 3 West would have been > around the Grand Tower and Pomona Townships. > > Mary Riseling > Springfield, IL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

OK, another question for the list. I'm trying to find some place on the web that would let me convert a number in 1860 (a land value) and compare it to what that would be worth on today's market. Does anybody know of such a place where I can do this? Mary Riseling Springfield, IL