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/oMB.2ACI/180.187.194 Message Board Post: I don't know if we are related some how, but i have a grandfather, his name was byron jasper provance, he was born in campbell missourri, in 1921, he served in wwII in new guinea. he lived in poplar bluff mo. for a while, then moved to flint michigan, i believe his mothers maiden name was anna summers, i think, but i can not find his fathers name no where, he had a sister they called "queenie" and i know he had a brother named charles, his roots are all over missourri, i notice on these sites there are a bunch of provances from missourri, i am guessing these are all one in the same. i also found a lionel provance soc-sec#486-16-9057, he is from poplar bluff mo. his date of birth was may-6-1915 i would greatly appreciate it if you were to respond to my e-mail addres, power_wash@hotmail.com. or you could call me at 252-619-8404 that is my cell #, or when they are done repairing our phone line, you can call me at 252-435-1644. thank you for your time. jim fenton