This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gross, Novack, O'Grady, Woods, Banks, Heron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IWg.2ACIB/1226 Message Board Post: I'm starting my family tree. Any help or connections will be appreciated. Here are some details. My father was Joseph Gross, born in Jefferson City, MO and we moved to Hannibal, MO. His mother was Jenny Gross from Russia and his father was Jacob Gross from Lithuania. He has a brother (Edward Gross married to Martha Gross--three daughters, Rhonda, Kathy and Peggy-) living in Jefferson City, and a sister (Dora Gross married to Herb Gross-two daughters, Janelle and ?) living in Jefferson City. My mother is Lucille Louise Gross of Woodward, Iowa, now living in San Antonio. I have one brother, David Lee Gross, of San Antonio. My mother's mother was Nellie Novack (and her father was Asa O'Grady of Ireland) and my mother's father was Jonathan Novack (formerly Noyakus or something like that) of Lithuania. My wife is Holly Eve Gross (formerly Heron) born in Indianapolis. Her mother is Allison Banks in Delaware, and her father was John Heron. She has one half sister, Angela Woods in Florida (formerly Leverage -- three children -- Lauren, Megan and Robbi), and five half brothers in Cleveland