This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McConnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/2707.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if these men ever went to Alberta-grasping at straws. I have messages on the Sask. web.Robert and son James abondoned their homesteads in Sask.about 1912 and disappeared. This family first lived in Aylwin Qebec.In the late 1880's they were living in Rat Portage. Ont.From there they went to Saskatoon, then to Springwater.Thanks for your suggestions.