This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Si.2ADI/970.977.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Monica for the offer, actually I just purchased the book! My direct line is Nancy M. Smith's brother ISAAC EVAN SMITH. but I have not limited my research to my direct line. I have found that sometimes to get past a brick wall you can follow a paralell line and come up with the information you are looking for. Thanks again.