This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown/Lenning Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4AB.2ACE/2179.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for replying. I received Elic's death certificate, and it lists his father as Jim (James probably) Brown, and his mother as Martha Smith. I have Mary's death certificate, and it lists her father as Jack Lenning and mother as Mary Adkins. I am sure there is a connection here somewhere. How were you able to get that info? I am having so much trouble researching the Cherokee history. Thanks!