This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WUB.2ACI/1323.1.1 Message Board Post: Mike, thanks so much for the info. I just received info from a court case in Wisconsin for 1880-1890s and they used chain and link as the measurment. It was something I had never heard of before. Lynne