This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colville Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1783.1 Message Board Post: Here is a couple of sites that you may want to check out. The first is a Mahaska County site that has a lot of biographies. One contains the biography of a J.W. Colville http://www.beforetime.net/ This site is Monroe County site but has a lot of Mahaska County information on it. Just check on the "On line Database" and key in your surname. It has listings for 17 Colvilles. http://www.iamonroe.org/