Thanks for the link. ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Jones<mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: Quan Pruitt<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Cc: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Ordinary The term has a number of definitions, but in the sense of your reference, it is " dining room or eating house, or house of public entertainment (as opposed to a house of private entertainment<file:///C:/Users/Randy/Documents/My%20Webpages/gendicth.html#houseprivateentertainment>) where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged." from the Dictionary of Genealogical & Archaic Terms, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randyj2222/gendicto.html<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randyj2222/gendicto.html> -- Randy Jones ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Quan Pruitt <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 9:36:01 AM Subject: Ordinary I always learn something new on this list. Could someone explain what "Joseph Wood that has a license to run an Ordinary in 1785" means. Ordinary is that like a Inn or tavern or ? Thanks, Quan To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html