This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: blakesley, oberg, dorsey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GNE.2ACEB/6.10 Message Board Post: Patti, I only know of Blakesley women that are still in MN. My twin aunts, Beverly (m.Joseph Dorsey and Betty (m. ? Oberg, then m. Bud Smith) . Beverly had 9 children and Betty had 2. My grandmother Virginia Blakesley lived in Olivia for many years above the drug store. My grandfather LYLE lived in MN, CO NV and was living in OR when he died. Judy Synder and I are both trying go back and find his beginnings.. My materal grandmother (at 90+) still lives in Elbow Lake. Don't know if this helps at all....Deborah