This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/343.1 Message Board Post: Hi: My name is Ms. Kris Durschmidt. I am unsure if my story is related to yours but I have missing-links which are tough to figure out from back in the old days. My story (I'll try to keep it short and simple for now) unless I here back from you. My dad's mom is (was) a Manning (Margaret) I could never trace her side of the family because my dad finally recently told me her dad was "adopted?" Melvin Manning and Nell O'Conner were her folks. (or it was his grand-dad who was adoped. (uncertain of true story) I was the only person in my family interested enouph to keep searching. I have found very neat relatives in Portand, OR and my dad finally got a picture of his dad for the first time in his life. He almost cried. Anyway. Milvin Manning's folks were John Geo Manning and Anna Teresa Gillholy. That is where my story ends onl my father's side. He still lives in Fort Dodge, IA. I remember going to Manning as a child. He said his grandad had a apple-orchard out side of Fort Dodge, Iowa and we have more relatives in the area. I now live in Chandler, Arizona. My family is still in Fort Dodge and the area. Do any of these names sound like relatives of yours??? Ms Kris Durschmidt My dad is Randal Durschmidt Please respond if possible.