This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dodson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RKT.2ACIB/1497.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much Sue. My daughters will be so thrilled to learn that we have a direction to go in. I am saving this all to pass on to my 3 year old grandson since his mother grew up knowing almost nothing about her roots. Ironically, when the girls were young, we had taken them to Lynchburg, Va on a vacation side trip and we never knew their greatgrandfather actually once worked in Lynchburg and that it played a part in their family history. We relocated to the Shenandoah Valley about two years ago, but our eldest got married and both girls chose to stay in Southern MD for now, though thay have been considering moving out here at some point. Now I have another new area to introduce them to when they visit. I can't wait to show them where their family came from one day.