--- Elsa Vorwerk <elsavorwerk@mindspring.com> wrote: > Thanks you all for your kind responses. Yes, I'm > quite certain that it's "Frame," which I had tentatively > rejected as a possibility, thinking that it would have > been synonymous with "Plank." And also, this morning > I found a transcription of a page from the 1875 census > using "Frame" as a type as well as "Plank." Wonder > how they differed (?) Thanks again, I think this is the difference: in a frame house, the internal frame holds up the house. In a plank house, external vertical boards (planks) hold up the house. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com www.buffaloresearch.com "My heart is moved by all I cannot save: So much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who, age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world." -Adrienne Rich