This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: heslen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/708.1.2.2 Message Board Post: my grandmothers name was margaret heslen,her madien name was raines? is ther any connection?? i cant find any info on the heslen side at all but i am trying..my dads name was james heslen and he had a brother named john in portland ore, but i cant find any info on there dad all i know is that he might have died in washington?? please let me know. thanks dee