This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eckels Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADI/2175 Message Board Post: Have you tried ohgen.net which directs to the indexed courthouse records copied by the LDS church for hundreds of counties all over the US. It makes researching easy as you can enter just a first or last name to get all the family records of a county.