This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EMB.2ACE/605.9.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Charlotte , no problem. I appreciate the answer about Oak Ridge. My MIL (Oma Lee Howell) swore she was born there but all we could find was Oak Ridge in Cape Giradeau County. She said that was too far away. Now I can say for certain she was there. Does the Baptist Church have a grave yard? Thanks again Lorraine