Units of Land Measure you will see on old deeds Chain=length 792 inches or 66 feet or 22 yards Link (surveyor's)=length 7.92 inches Perch=length 16.5 ft or area 30.25 square yards I still have my conversion factor tables from college in the early 50's and chain is in there as is link but perch is not. Don't know when perch went out of usage. There are two links - surveyor's and engineers and they are different). Nadine Holder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Arnett" <mhfarnett@hotmail.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:21 AM Subject: [PaOldC] Perches > > What are "perchers"? In reading some old deeds, I have come on this term > in connection with land measurement, "so-and-so many acres and so-and-so > many perches". When did the term go out of usage? Or did it? > > Mary Arnett > > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing..... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS...contact me personally ferg@ntelos.net if posted you > will be unsubscribed > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >