This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mkrug195 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.claypoole/58.7/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I hope this note finds all well with you and that you are still actively seeking to learn what you can about any possible family ancestry connection to Elizabeth Griscom Ross Ashburn Claypoole. My paternal grandmother, Alice Victoria Smith was born in Shirley Indiana in 1907. She married Joseph Raymond Krug in about 1927. She always claimed that our family (on her side) was related to Betsy Ross. There have been several individuals in our family given the middle name of Ross based upon this belief. However, I, like you, have reached a point where I would like to learn what I am able regarding this tale. My grandmother was not known to be one to tell tales for the sake of it. Thus, I have to believe she had been told this from her childhood from others. How do I begin to attempt to connect the dots, assuming there are any dots to be connected? I have read your reader's notes and recognize no names or see no Indiana connections. I do notice one family passed through ! Indiana to Iowa. There had been a story of our family moving west and getting as far west as Iowa, and turning back and settling in Indiana. What do you suggest? Would you e-mail me directly at [email protected] as I am not a "blog-watcher" and only found your site by Googling? Thanks and all the Betsy to you! :- 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.