This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ellis, Lane, Clark, Sandy Creek Separate Baptist Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.randolph/1158.1193/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Alfred, I tried to email you directly but it bounced. We have just taken part in the Ellis DNA project and have learned that we are definitely descendants of this Ellis family i.e William and Mary (Clark) Ellis who immigrated from Maryland to the Sandy Creek North Carolina area. But we still cannot point to the link between our William of Boone's Creek, TN and that William. There are several tantalizing bits of information that we have been given from others who are from this line but cracking this case is going to take more digging. But now we know that we are on the right track and that you were looking in the right Ellis branch!