Are there any Stark County list group members that live in the Alliance area, that could check out the map that the Alliance (Rodman) Library has framed? I am interested in finding whether it lists property owners, as does the 1855 map. This map predated the 1855 one, and likely was drawn in 1840 or before. I found reference to it as the "Vall map" when it was replaced at the time the 1855 one was drawn up. My query to the Stark District Library produced the following response: "If the "Vall" map is the one advertised in the Ohio Repository ca 1840, then the answer is "No". To my knowledge this map does not contain property owners. The only library to our knowledge which has a copy of this (framed) is the Alliance (Rodman) Library. When we contacted them asking to obtain a copy, they were not willing to unframe and copy." Neal Thompson Gardner ------ If this map does list property owners or even churches it could be a valuable source for some of us who have relatives in Stark County on or before 1840. Is there anyone near Alliance that could check this out and report back to us some day about what it contains? Richard Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary