This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1gC.2ACEB/580.1.1 Message Board Post: Melvyn - Not any response here except for you. Where are you from? My guess is that somewhere way back we may be relsted based on your name. Are you black or white, not that it matters, but there is more written history on the white side. Email me if you'd like - sbalkman@nai-psp.com. My direct family all uses the BALKMAN spelling but there is a group in Florida and south Georgia that use your spelling. I have been invited to their family reunion in the past.