This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McBride/Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACI/16.18 Message Board Post: Hi. I do not have the info you're looking for, but if you could tell me if anything below sounds familiar to you, I'd appreciate it. My great great great grandfather was Oliver A. McBride of Roswell, NM. In 1903, he married Clara E. Bell of Roswell (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Bell). She died in NM and Oliver (name truly is uncertain) moved to Gretna, VA, possible where the family originated (?). Oliver A. McBride's father was Elcaney Delaney McBride. I do not know if he ever lived in NM or if he was always a VA resident. The New Mexico connection is so interesting. I'd love to know why Oliver was there. If he was born there or if he moved there from somewhere else. Let me know if you have any info. Thanks, Angie