I've never heard of a football quarter but a quarter section is 160 acres. Likewise a section is one square mile or 640 acres. Perhaps that will help. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: Re: [VAROOTS] Mary & Thomas Kirby Date: 9/6/2003 11:12:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:pauldrake@charter.net">pauldrake@charter.net</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) Forgot to add; one of the many definitions of "quarter" given by Johnson - 1755 - is a division or area set aside for some purpose or need. Thus a "football quarter" is a "soccer field". Paul Can anyone tell us -- without too many jokes -- just what a "football quarter" is? Pat ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237