This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.stoddard/657.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello I would say there is a 90% probability that this is the same family though we are told that Thomas is Thomas Lee not Thomas Lafate. My great grandfather was James Richard Romines your Great Grandfathers older brother. Albert the oldest of Tom Lee and Nancy's childrn died around age 16. I am told uncle Jack Romines died in an explosives accented in 1920, his widow, Caroline, then moved her family back to Arkansas and after that she moved to Oklahoma where she remarried and started a new family. I have not been able to locate any of Uncle Jack's children or descendents. I would love to corraspond with you. contact me @ gwa54@cc.rr.com Gerald Avance Lakewood California