In a message dated 3/15/2005 9:36:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, OHGALLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: X-Message: #26 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:31:55 EST From: McNab2000@aol.com To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <ff.f502649.2f68f49b@aol.com> Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: Peter's Cornell's Will Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Just out of curiosity, how much would a $1.00 have taken a person in 1839? I looked it up at _www.westegg.com_ (http://www.westegg.com) and it is very interesting. What cost $1.00 in 1839 would cost $16.49 in 2003. (there are no figures for 2004 yet) Obviously, they either got their inheritance early or they were intentionally cut out of their father's will. I have an early German ancestor, Gaspar Link, in the Shenandoah Valley who left his daughter, my foremother, as well as his other daughter, her sister, who married no-account Harless brothers, "$1.00 and the money your husband owes me!" Her husband, my forefather, disappeared, was thought to have been killed by Indians, but turned up two counties away with a wife and several more children! Ha ha! Later,the other brother was caught passing counterfeit gold coins in Pearisburg!! So, no wonder the old man was angry! Sharon Lee Gates