This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hlT.2ACEB/2726.4 Message Board Post: Hello Cathy, I do not think I can help you with the Dunns as yet. I am still tracing down my Dunns. Of course most are connected some how. I do know that some of my line moved out west. I had a GGGrandfather that was in the gold fields in the 1849's I really was drawn by your Tapia name. I have a friend who is looking for her cousin, Caroline Hockersmith. Tapia is the family name. Some of the names are Juan, Marie, Gilbert or Gilberto, Beatrice, Dolores, Gladys. Some of the surnames are Tapia. Hernandez, Austin. Juan and Marie came to the USA from Spain via the Panama Canal. Their daughter, Gladys was born while going through the Canal, making her an automatic citizen of the USA. Doloros was in Washington DC while little. Her aunt and uncle took her to live with them until she left. We saw a message from Caroline Hockesmith looking for this family, but I have had no luck getting any answer to my pleas for her to contact Dolores. Do you or anyone you know happe! n to know of any information on this Caroline? I know it is a long shot, but anything is worth a try. Thanks Diane