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/URF.2ACEB/143.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Naomi, Thank you so much for taking the time to type out all of that information. I really appreciate it. It's good to find a distant cousin when for months i could not find much of anything on the Bowes. You gave Emmitt Ratliff much of the credit for the info. He emailed me just this afternoon and we have discussed the Bowe family a bit. It also seems there is a strong possiblility that he and i are related. It's great to find relatives while relaxing here in my chair:>) Thanks again for your help. Wally Ratliff