Teresia, It probably stands for appraisement, meaning the inventory and appraisement of the assets of the estate. These typically do not have any genealogical information in them, but sometimes allow tracking of slaves from parent to child. Bob Grant Teresia & Jamil Scott wrote: > I have a question regarding wills. A contact of mine found a listing > for a will on a microfilm index that read: Lewis > Smith............app. 471, Oct 1876 > > Does anyone know what "app" means? > > Teresia F. Scott > Hamilton, VA > > Genealogy, it's a family thing. > Surnames and places: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, > Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, > McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian > Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland > > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] >