This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xV.2ADE/438.1 Message Board Post: I do not have information that will help with your grandparents, however, I can tell you that records were not kept back when. And the ones that were have surnames misspelled like crazy. And people didn't go by their given names so nicknames were utilized constantly. Just keep looking. My family ancestors were hatched, not space aliens.