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/IWg.2ACIB/1096.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Although I'm not African American, I'm from Iowa. I was once contacted by an African American women named Gross from Des Moines. Has any of your family settled in Des Moines Iowa?