There are many websites with the land survey measurements (poles, chains, acres, etc.). Just do a google survey for "metes and bounds". Here is one: <A HREF="http://www.mykindred.com/cloud/TX/LandInfo/Units.htm"> http://www.mykindred.com/cloud/TX/LandInfo/Units.htm</A> An extensive, all-purpose metric conversion website is here: http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm Colonial Williamsburg website has two interesting discussions of currency: Basic: http://www.history.org/history/teaching/groupTours/prep/market_source3.cfm Longer: http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Summer02/money2.cfm Currency conversion to today's value: http://eh.net/hmit/ There is a discussion of Half Pennys here: http://www.24carat.co.uk/halfpencestory.html Generally you can do a google search with great luck for all these things. I had another website bookmarked, but lost the URL when I did a "recovery" on my computer (blasted spyware). Good Luck, Janet (Baugh) Hunter In a message dated 3/31/2005 3:03:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I would like to know that also, ans also where do we search to see how many > feet a pole is , when I read a will of the 1779 it states so many poles to a > tree then so many to a rock??, How many poles makes a acre??, and how much > is a > pound and a half a penny??. This would make it easier to know these things. > >