This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCorkel Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HU.2ADI/1600 Message Board Post: I'm John McCorkel, living in Colorado, my wife and I are looking for my roots, born 1949 in Shreveport, LA. Grandparent, John E, or John L McCorkel. When they came thur Ellis Island and what state did they go to and about what year? I know I had a great uncle named Thomas W. McCorkel, but he has passed on. He has a son named Matthew in Castor LA. We are all looking for our past roots. I have a daughter named JoAnne Frances, shes 28 yrs old living in CA. Thank you, very much, Johnny