This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KIRBY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xUB.2ACE/4250.1.2 Message Board Post: I saw your message and wondered if you would do a look-up for me, please. I am looking for info. on my gggrandfather, James William KIRBY who was supposed to be born in Wilkes Co., around 1770. I know there were lots of KIRBYS in the part of Wilkes that became Caldwell Co. - specifically the Kings Creek area. James W. has been our family's "brick wall".... anything you might find will be greatly appeciated. Looking for parents, siblings, anything. Also, is there any mention of a fire that burned a home and all but two children; a boy and a girl? Thanks either way, K. Kirby in Texas