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.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/4236.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks, walter is my grandfather. since i posted this i have found barney gray byrd, thomas m byrd and thomas byrd. that's where it stops right now. i don't know who thomas father was but i do have more info on their children and wives. i need to go back further and i want to find out who mary g mcbride was and what her line is through my g.g.grandfather thomas meredith byrd. my g.g.g.grandfather thomas byrd was 38 in 1860 and he was married to elizabeth betsy thornton. all according to the census records.