This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roberts/Young Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mV.2ADE/97.1 Message Board Post: I hope I have a little information on one of these children: it is very little but may help you: Benjamin T. Roberts was listed in the Union, Jackson, Ark. census of 1880 as residing at the home of Clay and Susan E. Roberts working on his farm. One of the things I have learned in searching for Roberts family is be sure you indicate white/native american/black. There are several strings that get mixed together because of the frequency of freed slaves being given the last name of the white family they lived or worked for. Benjamin was listed as a 23 year old white male. His name has cropped up several times in my search for my family, Edward is I believe my great-great-uncle or grandfather. My fathers name is Edward I was told as a child he was named after both my grandfather and grandmother's father, but this may not be right. I have found a lot of information I was given was wrong. This makes it much harder. I would appreciate your sending me any information you have on Edward. I also have very little on him. So I can't connect the dots so to speak.