Thank you for your suggestion.  You just never know.  I only wish they would have had to PRINT all the information on the census records.  :o)     Then we wouldn't have all these questions now would we. Appreciate your thoughts. Nancy Support Our Troops God Bless America --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Leisa Shewalter <lmshewalt@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Leisa Shewalter <lmshewalt@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] help deciphering occupation To: mi-genealogy@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 1:29 PM I found record of a relative who was a "toll gate keeper" on a plank road.   Leisa