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/jE1.2ACEB/3522.3 Message Board Post: Boy do you have your work cut out for you! My Mills family starts with an Orlando Mills NY b. between 1810-1820, found him in a 1840 NY census said he was between 20 & 30 yrs of age. No other info except at some point he had a child with a Mary Hiller. Do not think they were married. Their son Robert Bruce Mills b. 1838 NY married Frances A Snyder b.1842 NY. They had 5 boys Theodore b. 1864 NY d.1864 NY. Frank b. 1865 NY d. 1939 in SD. Charles b. 1868 Illinois d. ?. James b. 1870 Illinois d. 1952 SD, William b. 1879 Illnois d. 1934 SD. They also adopted a daughter Mabel. I have death certificate of Robert B. Mills showing his parents names as above. I can go 5 or 6 more generations to present from Robert. Any connections here would be great. Please let me know. My line runs down from James. Thanks in advance Susan