The date given is the year the head became a resident of the county. The asterisk means children not at home. O180a means owns 180 acres. T180a means tenant on 180 acres. R180a means rents, etc. I have a copy of the 1919 edition if anyone is interested. Don L. Fox DonFox@cybertrails.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane <dianebat@midusa.net> To: <ILPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 10:05 AM Subject: [ILPIKE] Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory > Is anyone on the list familiar with the Prairie Farmer's Reliable > Directory? I have an abstract from this source for 1917 - Pike Co. > Were there Directories for other years? In this abstract are several > Battershell families. It gives the name of the head of household, the > wife's 1st and maiden name, the children's names and name of town where > they resided in Pike Co. At the end of each listing is a date in > parenthesis which I am assuming is the birthdate of the head of the > household. I have also noticed that there are asterisks ahead of some > of the children's names. Would anyone know what these designate??? > Could it mean they were children from a previous wife??? Just curious > about this reference source and would like to know if there are other > directories for other years. Thanx - Diane > >