This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Polin/Stokes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AQB.2ACI/66.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if this helps but I'm looking for decendents also of my grandpa who was Jay Stokes (Jay Polin) adopted by James C Stokes & Nancy A Ballard in 1902. His natural parents were Rebecca Ballard & John R. Polin of Avoca, Iowa. Last known address of his brother Edgar was in Lincoln, NE per letter he wrote in 1942. Jay (my grandpa) lived in Blair NE, had 9 sons & daughters. One of which was my dad Jay Jr. and he had 9 sons & daughters. Let me know if you want to know more. I would like to know more about the Polin side.