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/FG0.2ACIB/955.1.1.4 Message Board Post: Susie, I have just started my search for my family tree, and I'm a little discouraged. My McFarlands are from Flint also. Would you be give me any direction? I can't get past my Great Grandfather. He was "the" postman in Flint before, during, and after the Great Depression. I wanted to do this for my dad as a surprise. Anything would help. Thanks, Jennifer McFarland