This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: senlow10 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.floyd/1561.2414.1.1.1.4.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Mandy, I am pleased to chat with you. I am happy to find someone who is interested in "this mess". It does appear to be quite a mess!!! (I wish I knew if my discoveries are correct. ) My mother is a Lewis. Her father James Jr. but they called him Ivan. I can't figure out why they named him James if his father's name was George. Therefore, I started looking in the records for a James. I found in a census record a James Galloway listed in the family of C.C Lewis and Elizabeth G. The next census listed him as just a James Lewis. He is the brother of George Thomas Lewis, another of this Lewis family. They had settled in KY and moved west and ended up in Wash. state. My grandfather is listed in the family of George T. Lewis with brothers. They all ended up in Cal. We spent summers with these brothers.... Sharon 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.