This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/97.183.1.1 Message Board Post: I have an Alma and a Francis in my database as daughters of Hyman Joiner. Is your mom one of these? If so, we are definitely cousins. I haven't had any luck getting earlier than William Goff so far. I suspect that he was the son of a Sarah Goff who was a widow in the Washington County area, but don't know for sure. Let me know if you and are indeed related. Diane