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/XY.2ADE/431.1.1 Message Board Post: David, Many thanks for the help. I've known about the Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts "Perkins Allens" but I haven't been able to make a connection. The Illinois Perkins Allen is definitely unrelated -- just a concidence of two people having the same unusual name. Best wishes and thanks again. Rollie Schafer