RR#6 would mean rural route 6 where I was raised in Ohio. Tootsie Catherine Prescott wrote: > Donna: > > Many thanks for this. > > Can an ignorant foreigner ask what RR#6, etc, means, please <g>? > > TIA > > Paul Prescott > Scotland > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Heller Zinn > To: paul.prescott@tesco.net ; PACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 3:21 PM > Subject: Farmers' Directory 1914-1915 - MYERS > > Good Morning Paul and Fellow Listers: > > There are 2 and a half pages of MYERS names. > > There was no listing for either Earl or Edith/Edyth MYERS - but here are some possibilities for Jacob Earl: > > MYERS > J. - farmer - RR#6 Mechanicsburg > > Jacob - laborer RR#1 Kerrsville [which is in West Pennsboro Twp.] > > Jacob - laborer - Shiremanstown > > J. E. - clerk - owns house & lot - New Cumberland > > Donna: > > I'd be grateful if you could check for Earl and Edyth MYERS. Earl's full > name was probably Jacob Earl MYERS. > > Many thanks > > Paul Prescott > Scotland > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Search this mail list. > Just type in pacumber or PACUMBER. > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thanks to all those who explained the meaning of RR#6 etc to an ignorant foreigner. Nothing to do with Railroads then! Best wishes Paul Prescott Scotland, UK.