This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adkins, Steele, Hastings, Bishop Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AJ.2ADIB/446.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Earleen, I am a distant cousin to you. My grandmother's maiden name was Adkins. This is my link to the Adkins from DeKalb County, Alabama: I am Maureen Pearson Brook> Father: Guy Jesse Pearson> Mother: Effie Odella Adkins Pearson Chandler> Father: Wyatt Jesse Adkins: born 1878 in Deerhead, DeKalb County, Alabama> Father: Calvin and Mary Steele Adkins. Calvin was born in Monticello, Kentucky. His obituary says the family lived for awhile in Iowa and then settled in Nebraska. I think the name of the father of Calvin is Morris. I have not verified this as of yet. Thanks and hope you see a family link. Regards, Maureen Brook