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/GKB.2ACE/1715.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I live in Joplin, I make it to Springfield when I get a chance.I was raised in Ava,im new to this research, my fathers family was among the early settlers , both Hale and Huffman families.I try to remember things they told me,to bad they've all passed away.Im hoping to leave better records for my own family someday. Nancy