This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BGB.2ACI/303.1.2 Message Board Post: I noticed that you have Raymond as a surname. I also have Raymond ties. You mentioned that you are now in Barry County. I also have resided in Barry for many years. Do any of these Raymond's sound familliar? William Raymond born in Farmington Twp, Ontario Co., NY Eugene Raymond b: 1822 d: 1890 William and his family came by ox wagon to Jacksonburgh, now Jackson, Michigan. Eugene married Eliza Jane cady, and had the following children: Emma, Fred, Jasper, and Nellie. Nellie Raymond was my ggrandmother. She married William Sherman Ward. My grandmother is William and Nellie's daughter, and is still living in Allegan Co, MI. Is there a connection here? Tina Scobey/Leach