I think that I can help you on some of these abbreviations: *Fx -- Fairfax *Arlg -- Arlington *Ash, Fq -- not certain about the Ash, but could be Ashland, and Fq would be Fauquier (county) *fc 1973 *fun deiac Leesb -- Leesb would be Leesburg, but don't know what the other means *$10M 1850 -- How about $10 million in 1850? Still looking for my Harrisons and Beavers in Loudoun County prior to 1910 Susan in NY (state not city) thepixleys@juno.com ICQ #18846339 http://SusanPixley.tripod.com/index.html "Gerald James" gjames@cowtown.net wrote: The Notes portion was the most difficult part of course. In some instances I enlarged the word to fill the entire screen to determine the exact spelling. Blair was very consistent and used the same identical abbreviations throughout so if you figure one out you had many problems solved. I had the most difficulty with the towns. He wrote: 1775 tithe ShelPsh Blumt Clpr, LCo no clil lv Hamet *(Shawen ho) lv Lovtvl vc *Fx *Arlg *Ash, Fq *fc 1973 *fun deiac Leesb *$10M 1850 *items I still don't know what they mean. Send me your page and I'll do what I can for you. Gerald James Dallas, TX