This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weed Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/487.488.902.1 Message Board Post: Patrick Eagan's web sites have not been updated since 1999, but his database is still a good finding tool. There are several index screens of Weeds who have first names beginning with the letter "E" <http://207.235.35.133/genealogy/eagan/html/index/ind0378.htm>. The preliminary pages and an older version of the database are at "The Weed Family Online" <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7588/>. We really need to know E. C. Weed's full name and approximate dates and places of birth & death. His first name, especially if it is more unusual, may provide valuable clues. The Weed family was prolific, and thus being in the same county does not necessarily indicate a close relationship. For example, both Pat Eagan and I have Weeds in Oswego County NY, but they are 2 different "strains."