This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: copeland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ikJ.2ACIB/1128.1 Message Board Post: hi my grandfathers name was charles w. copeland what the w. stands for i'm not sure. he married a woman named mary elizabeth cook they had 3 children. charles edward copeland, mary elizabeth copeland, and satanely ray copeland. my grandfather died march of 1998, and his son stanely died november 2001. thats all the info i have if you find any connection please let me know