This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TZ.2ADE/2546.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure if I can shed any light on this or not. I'm new to genealogy and haven't done a great deal of research, however, I remember my grandmother saying we related to PT Barnum by marriage. (How far removed I'm not sure). My great-great grandfather was Cornelius Seeley, and I haven't found a Cornelius that fits into the time frame, probably 1845, Looking at Nathan Seeley's wife's birth an death dates, I'm wondering if they could be brothers? My understanding is that Cornelius was from a fairly prominent family in the east so I'm surprised I'm not finding more on him.