This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bg.2ADI/276.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for such a thorough "data dump" for this family. The newsclipping was great. I am related to these folks from when they were in CT. They are the largest branch of the Mesnards and the family documentation for them is poor. Such as The mispelling of the name Phebe Slocum's name and the John III was born in CT to name just two major errors. The Mesnards had been in the New World for over a century before he was born. It will take me a while to digest what you sent. Much is old news but there is still a good deal of new stuff. I am interested in the Illinois Central Railroad. Do you know when did they started to build that? I am always interested in migration and motives for migration. Thanks again!