This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yates/Woodall/ Foster Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.unknown/7542.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hope you are still in the spirt.LOL I am researching Robert Samuel Yates brn 1847 in Liverpool, married Alice Woodall in Preston in 1866 and immagrated to the US abt 1871.Became Mayor of Ellicott Cty for 2 terms.Would appreciate information you might find.I can find nothing about his parents Elizabeth Foster and James C Yates