Lee... Thanks for your reply. I'm not familiar with Blake, AL, but I'm sure I have ties there. One of my ancestors was named Wyatt Heflin Blake. The Blakes were among the earliest settlers of Randolph County (early 1830s) and Thomas and his son operated Blake's Ferry (originally Triplett's Ferry) on the Tallapoosa west of Wedowee for many years. The Blake family came from Isle of Wight Virginia, to Wake Co., NC, to Jackson Co., GA, to Hall Co. to Carroll Co. and on to Randolph Co., AL where most of them stayed. Of course, Cleburne County didn't exist then. My grandmother was Lula Gadsy Blake, daughter of Isaac Blake and Mattie Dorman; Isaac was the son of Thomas and Delaney Young Blake. She married Luther Clarence Fowler, the son of Wiliam Jethroe Fowler of Hightower, AL. I know the Blakes are buried in or near Heflin and there is supposed to be an old Blake homeplace there. I just don't know exactly where. Maybe someone at the Cleburne County courthouse will know. I have a lot of information on the Blakes...I just want some photos and to see things for myself. The Fowlers are my main reason for going. It will be an interesting trip. Thanks again...we're probably related somewhere down the line. Most of the folks in that area are! Judy Fowler Kilgore Newnan