<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 bgColor=#ffffff name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true"> <DIV><EM><FONT color=#000080 face="Times New Roman">OK, now I can see that it could be "RG."  (Rly is funnier ;-))  </FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT color=#000080 face="Times New Roman">Kate</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael.hait@hotmail.com href="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com">Michael Hait</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mjnrootdig@gmail.com href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com">Michael John Neill</A> ; <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">APG APG Public</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:21 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] Word on Original Deed?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>To me it looks like "paid" and "RG" -- likely the clerk's initials, who received payment of the recording fee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Hait<BR><A href="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com">michael.hait@hotmail.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com">http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mjnrootdig@gmail.com href="mailto:mjnrootdig@gmail.com">Michael John Neill</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:56 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">APG APG Public</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [APG Public List] Word on Original Deed?</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I'm looking at the original copy of an 1863 deed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm trying to get a fix on what one word and initials on an original deed might stand for. It appears to be the part of the original deed where the Recorder's Office could make notes. Above it is the information regarding the recording of the deed. In the very bottom right is a number (17267), which is apparently a document number assigned by the Recorder's Office as it appears in the upper left of the recorded copy of the deed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have posted an image here:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://blog.casefileclues.com/2010/10/left-hand-corner-says.html">http://blog.casefileclues.com/2010/10/left-hand-corner-says.html</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any thoughts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It looks like "Naill RG" but I'm not certain. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>------------------------------------<BR>Michael John Neill<BR>Casefile Clues-Genealogy How-Tos<BR><A href="http://www.casefileclues.com">http://www.casefileclues.com</A><BR></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <BR>Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3174 - Release Date: 10/03/10 01:34:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>