This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jimnewitt_1 Surnames: newitt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.newitt/5.6.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Dear P.Millard, My great grandfather, James Newitt, so the story goes, operated a florist shop in chicago around the same time as your George and William. I am just starting to get into this, but I wonder if they were all brothers or cousins? I have not heard whether he had any brothers, so am going to research further. All my immediate family are now dead, so I will have to start looking through records, I suppose. Any ideas would be appreciated. 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.