This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BALES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QV.2ADI/182.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Linda: If I'm not mistaken, Caleb was born in Virginia. My BALES family appears to have come from Tennessee. I also thought the similarity in children's names intriguing. It does make for some confusion later. -- Dennis