Hi Steve! I beieve your relation's farm address was near Streator, Illinois. Otter Creek runs through that comunity and his farm probably is nearby. Vicki On Mon, 10 May 1999 15:13:28 EDT SSpeak999@aol.com writes: >Hi everyone! > >A few weeks ago, I was given the name and address of a distant >relation, >taken from my Gt grandmothers address book. I did a name search and >came up >with a result in the 'Prairie Farmer's Directory of LaSalle County, >Illinois, >1917. > >The information was presented exactly as follows; > >GAFF, Alfred Streater R6 Otter Creek Sec11 T120a Mrs H Gaff >(1902) > >All the other entries on this page had the first name of the 'farmer' > >immediately after the bold typed surname, followed by his wife >(including >maiden name), and then, names of children. As you can see, there is no >such >detail here! I'm assuming that a semi colon has been missed out and >that >Alfred is the Christian name of the farmer, he was not married, and >the name >of the farm is 'Streater'. >According to the list of abbreviations the 'T120a' refers to the >acreage of >the farm and that the farmer was a Tenant or Renter, and, although >this isn't >explained in the abbreviations, it would seem from the other entries, >that >the name at the end of the entry is the owner of the land. > >Can anyone provide a) confirmation of my theories relating to this >entry. > b) a link between Alfred Gaff and Mrs H >Gaff. > c) any other details relating to >these >people. > >Many thanks > >Steve ( in the U.K ! ) > > >==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== >Do you have records you would like to donate to the LaSalle County >Page? >If so, please contact me at: spenader@earthlink.net >