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/Qg.2ADE/61.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: It sounds like it is the same family, but not necessarily the same person. Probably the one who can tell you about anything you want to know is Steve Illum--email address: stevef_i@yahoo.com Steve have written a book about the Illum family with its various branches. He has gone to Denmark, and he has travelled around the US, gathering many stories and and photos of different Illums.