"Thank you!" to all who have answered my querie about this "TR" thing. Lots of good definitions and explanations. I think, to settle any doubts, I'll just have to wait for the actual deeds to get her in the mail. Hopefully it will all be explained in the deed. I did have one other question, though. I'm still not sure what the "Trd." could mean on a land deed that I have a copy of (not just an index, this time). On the land deed, the "Trd." is centered just under the description of the land at the very top of the deed. I started to attach a copy of the deed that I've scanned in, so you could see it, but I don't think the list will allow an attachment. Here's how it looks, though: --------------------------------------------- A. M. Gregory to 4 A. Bakers Fk. of Elk 2 Mi. Charleston Dist. Harry A. Gregory Trd. --------------------------------------------- This is at the very top of the courthouse deed. The Trd. is not in handwriting, it's typed just like the rest of the deed. What's under this text is the verbage for the deed. Nothing above it. Has anyone seen this before? The 4 acres of property was part of a 150 acre piece of land that A. M., Amanda M. Gregory, my g-g-grandmother, owned in Elk 2 Mile, WV. Harry is her adopted son, my g-grandfather. Harry and his wife lived in Baker's Fork at Elk 2 Mile when my grandfather was born. My grandfather remembers the property as being a small house on a big farm. The reason I'm saying all of this is because I think it might shed some light as to what the Trd. stands for. It couldn't have been a Trade, because money was given by Harry to Amanda and is stated so in the deed. If it stands for Trusteed, that doens't make sense to me, because there is no 3rd party on the deed. Only the 2 parties mentioned above. Can anyone help? -- Cara Showers Anchorage, Alaska cara@dcdesign.com