This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BUCK Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/MBEXEC/msg/rw/VYG.2ACIB/1533.3.1 Message Board Post: Sorry I have taken a little time to reply, Marie. I have had a lot of emails to respond to. There is a possibility that we might be able to come up with something here. Edward might have even come to Australia for a time, married someone, our Olive might have been the result and he might have later returned to America. As Edward has so many gaps in his life for which you do not have any information, would you be prepared to exchange information in family tree form, such as an attached file which sets it all out clearly or a Gedcom? If our ancestors do not connect at this stage, I feel that if we keep each other's information on file for the Bucks we are not far away from connecting ancestors, as we cannot find any ascendants for Olive at all, but we can give you her Australian descendants. Mind you, we don' t have much but what we do have might help someone, perhaps you, to connect the Buck lines somewhere down the track. Many American families descend from old English ancestors, as do many Australian families. Our ancestors also came from Germany (Bavaria) and we are trying to find connecting lines. I am confident that we might do this in the near future. If we keep enough information we will be successful. Hoping to have a positive reply.