This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flanigan, Reed Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RS.2ADE/228.226.231.355.366.367.483.1 Message Board Post: My Flanigan ancestors resided in Alabama at one time, my grandfather was William (Willie) Lafayette Flanigan, he died in Oklahoma (buried in Castle, Oklahoma). Since I never met him my only information was on his death certificate. I t states his father was Joseph Harrison Flanigan, his mother Ellen Reed and he was born in Town Creek, Alabama around 1880. Could there be a connection between yours and mine?