This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/Jh.2ADE/429.1 Message Board Post: You said you were looking for the Ames family from ogle county, Illinois, that also consisted of a Charles Ames. Not to far away, about two hours, in White Water, Wisconsin was a Charles Ames, possibly the son of this couple of which you speak and also my gggrandfather, John Frederick Ames? Could this family be related to the Ames clan in southern Wisconsin? Please e-mail me if you have any records you would like to share: [email protected] thanks!!