I have Howells who came through IL in my ancestors. I have a book written in the 1920's that may be of some help. Do you have any more info on first names? It's a very common name. My ancester came from Wales in1797 to Philadelphia. Colette

HELLO COLETTE, THE ONLY HOWELL THAT I HAVE IS ANN HOWELL DOB OCTOBER 1834 MARRIED TO ASA FISHER DOB MARCH 1832 IN VIRGNA. FROM MY RESEARCH ON MY FAMILY LINE I HAVE SURNAMES COMING FROM THE EAST COAST VA,W.VA,PA, TO THE MIDWEST ILL,IN,OHIO.I DO HAVE SOME SURNAMES FROM WALES,KANSAS,COLORADO. ASA L FISHER IS MY 3RD GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE IS MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM MCKINELY BRADY'S GRANDFATHER. DO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE A CONNECTION? DID YOU GO TO MY SURNAME SITE? BJ --- Cjones1931@aol.com wrote: > I have Howells who came through IL in my ancestors. > I have a book written in > the 1920's that may be of some help. Do you have any > more info on first names? > It's a very common name. My ancester came from Wales > in1797 to Philadelphia. > > Colette > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ===== MY SURNAME SITE tribalpages.com/tribes/brady MY SURNAMES COME FROM INDIANA,ILLINOIS,PA,WEST VIRGINIA,VIRGINA,COLORADO,KANSAS & OTHER UNKNOWN PLACES. I HAVE OVER 400 SURNAMES. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail