This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allen, Cobb, Talmadge, Beardsley, Hall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4RB.2ACE/3220.2 Message Board Post: One chain is 66 feet, or 4 rods, or 100 links. And just for fun there are 10 chains in a furlong. So, one rod is 16.5 feet and one link is .66 feet or 7.2 inches. A furong is for horses! Your biggest problem will be in trying to find the location of corners in the old deeds or surveys where descriptions such as "...12 rods to the large chestnut tree then east 5 chains to the large rock near George Olson's pear tree..." are noted. Good luck.