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Barbara--perhaps they were luxury haystacks, but still not worth putting a value upon?

Craig Kilby

On May 30, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS wrote:

> Ditto marks are used by some commissioners as place markers in spaces that would otherwise be blank. However, these are usually easy to identify as such since they are typically placed in every space that would otherwise be blank. Be careful about assuming that there were no houses or buildings on property because the amount for buildings was left blank. If so, many of my ancestors apparently lived and raised their families in haystacks.


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