This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong, Adams, Beach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CI.2ADEB/9318.1 Message Board Post: Elizabeth, Do you know what the "S" stands for?? My grandfather's name was Henry S Adams. He used the name Harry. I understood that his grandfather's name was Sherman. That is what Henry's middle name was. I have not been able to find any Sherman in any records. My grandfather was born in PA.