Is it possible they were Native American and did not want to be discovered? It was certainly dangerous to be Indian in this county and other until after 1930. There were so much fear by that time most just continued to be ashamed or scared. Pat Mata ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:04 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] Re: Kelly/Kelley > 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/ZNB.2ACI/147.250.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I don't have info about Kelly/Kelley, but I do understand your frustration about lack of information. Years ago when I tried to wrest information from my 85 year-old uncle (whom I adored), he got weary of my questions and simply said, "We didn't talk about family things, so I don't know!" I found out from my Dad's cousin that when my great grandmother, Hattie A. Price, died, the family cleaned all of the papers out of her house and built a huge bonfire and just burned everything! Made me absolutely heartsick! There must have been some social prohibition about speaking about one's family. I just don't know. It took me approximately 25 years to discover the maiden name of my paternal great, great grandmother (Upton). > Good luck with your searching! > Kay > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >