This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton, Stage, Relyea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xFh.2ACEB/4437.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, I know absolutely nothing about my fathers side of the family. I got the names Earl and Bertha off his application for social security. He was not raised by them. Starting at least age 2 he was raised by an elderly lady in Cortland, NY. I never knew my father and my mother would never answer questions about him, other than to put him down. Do you know anything more about this Earl and Bertha? Did they have children? My fathers name was Raymond George Stage. He might have been named after someone in his family. He named me Gordon Earl Stage (gordon after my mothers father and Earl after his father, which I had been told but never knew for sure until I read the SSN application). Anything you can tell me which might make a connection and get me started would be MOST appreciated. Looking forward to a reply. Gordon Stage