This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cindylowedowning Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.wilkes/3921.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: David, thanks so much for all the info, I am so totally overwhelmed! I have always longed to know more about my family. I am 46 and have 3 sisters and a brother. Joey, Shirley, Crystal and Patricia. Joey and Shirley were adopted by Dad ,children of my stepmother and Patricia was their child together. Crystal and I have the same mother. I work for Comporium Communications in Rock Hill SC. I have one son Timmie who is 27 and lives in Harlan Ky. My Dad (Carl) would have been 72 this past October. Did you know him also, I assume since you are close in age, you must have known each other. I know he went to school in Wilkes County until early High School because I have his report cards and school pictures. My grandfather Herman passed in 1970. I did not know him as my parents divorced when I was 3 and I didn't see anyone in my family again till I was 15, by then Granddaddy had passed. As I said earlier, most of the information I have has come from my stepmother, Jimmy Faye Lowe. She stayed in contact with Aunt Winnie and Aunt Birdie until their deaths, I am sure you knew them also. Do yo have an ancestry page with all the family info that I can link to. I am attaching pictures of my Dad, Granddaddy and Granny. Dad was about 42 in this picture. Do you have family pictures that you can share. Thanks so much for the info you have given it means so much and I am sure would have taken ages to have found on my own. My email address is [email protected] if you would like to correspond that way. Funny to hear that about my Granddaddy! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.