My ancestors had to sell the family farms and furniture and move into town to find work in the mills and stores. The Reconstruction Period is often breezed over by those folks from the north because that period of time was harder on the whole south than the war was. At least before the war our people had their land. Afterwards they could not afford to pay the taxes and could not keep the land. The Reconstruction Period makes my blood boil more than thinking about the war. At least during the war we had a fighting chance. I had about a dozen great-grandfathers & great uncles fighting for their land in the South. Sandy Granmommy Jeremiah 29:11 Quixtar Independent Business Owner Future Resident of the Old Genealogists Home, best kept secret in America.