This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Darkstar55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kelley/3124.2.3.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Ardra the Robert Kelly you have listed as being born in NC 1797 wouldn't happen to have a middle name listed? for those researching Kelly/Kelley lines I can appreciate your frustrations...my direct line Kelley's seem to have magically appeared in the U.S out of nowhere. My 3rd great grandfather is Laban Kelley b. 1797 in what is now Buncombe Co., NC, but I can get no further. Sherry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Try checking Canada. It seems that a few Kelley families came through that way. Barbara