This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blakesley, McGrew Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GNE.2ACEB/39 Message Board Post: Patti, My G-Grandfather's name was Heman Blakesley, he was married to Edith McGrew. I was adopted by my grandmother Dorothy Blakesley Redshaw. I do know that I have cousins in Minnesota and Iowa. There was a Rachel and a Mary Marjorie that I remember. Dorothy's brothers names were Ralph (Shorty), of Morris, Minnesota; Jerry of everywhere; and there was also Aunt Lois, a spinster. They had a brother Paul that drowned as a young man. Is this any of your family? I know that there are lots of cousins but since grandmother Dorothy died I don't hear of anyone. Yours truly Judy Snyder PS: my e-mail is judysnyder@lewiston.com