This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.bearlake/1362.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I not able to clear up your mystery. Brinley seems to be a new name that some families are naming their children in this area. Probably had no idea it was someone's family surname. Interesting though. I am not a member of this famiy, but I do know many of them. Perhaps you could contact the mortuary to see if they have an address for them and you could write and ask them yourself. Happy New Year!!