This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: u003660 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.newitt/4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jana, Well.... I am not really sure. My great grandfather James M Newitt came right over from England maybe around the 1870's or so??? I have cousins in England that have been working on a family tree - from their side, but it stops short of what happended after James came over here. I will refer to that tree once I get a copy. I think it should have a better date when he came over. I do know that my dad (William Wayne Newitt) talked about James working with two other cousins or brothers, and they weren't getting along well. From the sound of it, your two folks are the two other cousins James was not getting along with. Well.. who knows. I am very interested in finding out more about their lives in chicago, and what became of them, of course. My grandfather - Thomas Wayne Newitt-was James Newitt's son, born over here. He grew up in Chicago, and lived there until age 20 or so, then came over to Michigan to look for his sister. That's about all I know. I have a lot of questions to research. Sorry about rattling on , but thank you for your interest. 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.