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/Ig.2ADI/816.1.1 Message Board Post: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONSE. YES CLARENCE COPE IS MY GRANDFATHER. I HAVE SOME OF THE HISTORY BACK TO ALFRED A. COATES AND MARY MISSOURI FINLEY .I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY THING YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALSO YOUR AND MY CONNECTION. I AM FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A SMALL TOWN CALLED GOLDEN EAGLE, IL. MY PARENTS LIVE IN KANE, IL. AGAIN THANK YOU. KAREN