This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Downing, Frakes, Moore, Woodward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AUT.2ACEB/811.854 Message Board Post: The Grinnell Co. library in Iowa has an online database of obituaries. The actual obits are viewed in PDF format. The website is: http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm Sarah Downing, daughter of John & Hannah Frakes Downing and who was married to Nicholas Moore, is there. In addition, John Moore, son of Sarah Downing & Nicholas Moore, is there. John Moore was a prominent citizen in his community and also was an Iowa statesman, and was married to Amelia Woodward. There are other Moore obits too, some who are related to this branch, and others who are not related.