Land plats being discussed - There is some explanation at the bottom of this site for twp/sections: http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/data_lan.html And, for Macoupin, if you tie the above section splits in the specific twps at this site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_maptwp.htm it might help tell where your land description fits in Macoupin County. I can give you the twp name if you send me the twp and range numbers from your land searches. Those numbers need to be put on the Macoupin sketch. Thanks, Jim, for helping on the land questions. If you have some kind of paint/drawing program, Jim, you are "welcome" to download the sketch at m_maptwp.htm and work it over to show the twp/range numbers. Need to work on as a tif or bmp then save to jpg. Jpeg format is too messy to work with altho it has to be saved as and uploaded as a jpg or gif. Just an idea I have had for quite some time but time..... Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm ILGenWeb Archives - Macoupin and Washington Counties IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/ilfiles.htm GenConnect Surname Boards - NASH, ADCOCK, SHIPPEE, RICHARDS, COVERDILL, FRAZIER GenConnect County Boards - Macoupin and Jersey Counties IL http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/usaindex.html ILCALHOU and ILWASHIN maillists manager ILGenWeb Page Evaluation FRAZIER-L maillist Macoupin County ILGenWeb sponsored free by RootsWeb All donations appreciated: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html Proud to be a RootsWeb Donor http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/ DE>IL-Coverdill IN>IL-Hays KY>IL-Nash/Oller/Shipp KY>MO-Frazier/Morrison/Ragland/Upton/Hamilton KY>Hord TN>IL-Adcock/Carter/Sutton/Richards/Warren/Wingo TN-Baseye