This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.elliott/4565.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dick I don't know if these folks are related to mine or not. The only possibility would be possibly if your Robert Thomas was the son of my Benjamin's brother Robert who left TN and moved back to NC in early 1800's. It has been handed down that he was never heard of after he left to go back to NC. Could be a coincidence that his son's wife might have tried to find my Benjamin's family. We need to purdue this to see if anything comes from it. Duane