This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADAMS, FRANKS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5937 Message Board Post: Hello all, I'm looking for any information regarding the parents of my grandfather, William Leonard ADAMS. William was born 05 Nov 1909 in Illinois, according to his death cert info. His first appearance in the census is in 1930, at a San Diego, California Navy base, and this corrborates his birth in Illinois. According to this census, his mother was also born in Illinois. I only have her maiden name, FRANKS, and varying stories of long ago saying that William always spoke fondly of her and referred to her as "Marie." Other rumors have it that her name was Mary Ellen. thus far, I can find neither hide nor hair of her. More rumor has it that William's father was named Martin. In the 1930 census, it shows William's father having been born in Kentucky. William died 14 Oct 1970, and left little for me to go on now that I have a keen interest in genealogy. TIA!! -Keith