This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5838.6.1 Message Board Post: ancestry had their last name transcribed as SAMO, so the soundex wouldn't pick up that family in the search. It was Joyce's clue of Victor that allowed me to locate that family. I searched by first name only in Bell, then Knox, before I found the family. Glad I could help a little bit in the searching. Honestly, it's really fun for me to be able to help someone else now and then.