This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Dawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zi.2ADE/1564.1.2 Message Board Post: Karen: Thank you for your help and the large amount of information. I am trying to determine if George R. Smith is connected to James A. Smith bn 1783, died IL 1847, James mrd Elizabeth Dawson abt 1821. It appears they were in NC then Prince William Co. VA before moving on to Ohio and Illinois. I cannot find the parents for James or George. Thanks, Glenys