This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oRB.2ACI/159.184.185.1.2 Message Board Post: Dear Gayle, I am in the same boat. My mother started her search 40 years ago and as much as I tried was unable to break the link between Edward Smith Bacon and local Bacon families in New Jersey. However, I was able to find a little more on the Cox side. If you ever want to brain storm, I would be willing. Sincerely, Kathleen Barbee Edward Smith Bacon my great great grandfather also