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/lMB.2ACI/61.72.1.1 Message Board Post: Ruby Those names don't sound familiar. The Welch family was from VA and then KY. Luvenia Welch married Chapman Merrell in KY. Hopkins County, KY to be exact. Thomas Welch was the father of Luvenia and maybe, one of his other children might be related in some way to your Welch line????? Sorry , I couldn't help you!