Gina - Unit of measurement of a rod is 16.5 feet or 5.5 yards. 40 rods make one furlong and 320 rods equal one mile. Source: World Wide Words, Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British viewpoint. Thanks for all the great work you do to contribute information to help us along the way to discover our twigs and branches of our ancestors. Happy Holidays to All. Paula Hobbick On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 10:30 AM, The Richardson's wrote: > Ok List, > > I have a bit of a trivia question, > > How long exactly is a "rod" . I have seen it mentioned several times > in history books and was curious as to how long a "rod" was?? > > Any Ideas?? > > Gina Richardson > INGenWeb Volunteer Coordinator > Randolph County IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Would anyone like to submit a phrase or thought for the day for the > tagline, send an Email to Gina Richardson richardson69@comcast.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Thank you for the input Paula, Me and my husband were discussing the distance of the Sparrow Creek cemetery from the road. Tucker's History says "about 50 rods" . When we walked back there last spring, it seemed quite a ways.<G> I know my legs were killing me stepping over all the old rows of corn. Gina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Hobbick" <fhobbick@astound.net> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] How long is a rod? > Gina - > > Unit of measurement of a rod is 16.5 feet or 5.5 yards. 40 rods make > one furlong and 320 rods equal one mile. Source: World Wide Words, > Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British > viewpoint. > > Thanks for all the great work you do to contribute information to help > us along the way to discover our twigs and branches of our ancestors. > Happy Holidays to All. > > Paula Hobbick > > On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 10:30 AM, The Richardson's wrote: > > > Ok List, > > > > I have a bit of a trivia question, > > > > How long exactly is a "rod" . I have seen it mentioned several times > > in history books and was curious as to how long a "rod" was?? > > > > Any Ideas?? > > > > Gina Richardson > > INGenWeb Volunteer Coordinator > > Randolph County IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/ > > > > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > > Would anyone like to submit a phrase or thought for the day for the > > tagline, send an Email to Gina Richardson richardson69@comcast.net > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? --Sachel Paige > > Contributed By: Billy J. Baker > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >