This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Black, Easter, Jones Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.adams/3562.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Shooting from the hip here, but some of my knowledge may be of use. The Easter line isn't directly related to mine (Black) but ties in several places through marriages. There's a good little piece written up on the connections by a Mr. Jones if memory serves correct (I've got a copy of it around here somewhere). At any rate, the Easters I believe would have been settled somewhere nearby the Blacks. I can't locate the Easter Run mentioned on my map near Lynx but my map is also missing some of the finer details. There are several sites (including some graveyards) near Lynx (some east a bit some south a bit) where the Blacks were settled. Some of the telling locations would be Zacheriah Run (While I have no evidence how Zacheriah run was named, Zacheriah Black owned this property at one point from what I can tell of the property records, so I figure it has to be him or his son Zachariah or his grandfather Zachariah, etc.), Soldiers Run (frequently turns up as a landmark in the ! Black family history), Satterfield Cemetery Satterfield Road near where D.S. Black owned property, and several other spots in that general area as well. More to the south there is a Black Cemetery, Blacks Run Road, and Blacks Run (creek). I've not yet confirmed these three were actually connected to my particular group. A great many of the road names, creek names, etc. in this area read like a genealogy road map if you know the people from the area. Now assuming there is an Easter Run in that general area, was it named after the Easters? Quite probably. Your group of Easters? Don't know your group so I can't comment :P Might also help to know that there are several Easters buried at East Liberty Cemetery located at Lynx beside East Libery Church, most from the 1800's. If you'd like to research the subject further, I'd recommend a visit to the Adams County Genealogical Society. Check the land records among other things while you're there. They've got a number of resources yo! u'd probably find useful. Anything else I can do to help?