This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dklart Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.researchresources.brick-20-walls/201.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sometimes it helps to throw a wider net, and realize that you going be spending some time traveling down some dead-end roads. Finding siblings is a way of discovering who the parents were, since they shared them. I would research every same surnamed individual in the areas he lived in, and see if they are connected somehow. The bap records for his children might have family as witness/godparents, Do you have those? Check out other marriage records that occurred in the same place within 10 years on either side of his first marriage, you might turn up some witnesses that relate or are him. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.