This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/108.297.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Vickie......Does your Healer line connect into the Bernier line at any point? I'm still trying to prove Alphonse Bernier's mom was Phyllis Healer. I got this information from his Social Security application. Father listed a Peter or Pierre Bernier, and mother as Phyllis Healer. I've been working on the Bernier Family for over 30 years. The only Pierre Bernier in Portage Township in the 1880's, had a different wife than Healer. Why don't you write me at [email protected] and we can go into this deeper, if you would like to. Were any of your Healer family line from the Houghton, Michigan area? Looking forward to hearing from you..... Mike in Reno, Nevada