In a message dated 9/9/98 5:49:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kaite@sprynet.com writes: << BALES/SHORT >> Oklahoma Surnames I have only a few of both in my actual lineage but lots of info on both BALES AND SHORT surnames- for the SHORT surmane I have Margarett Latisha SHORT who married a Aaron BROCK lived first in Kentucky then AR AND ON TO OK I have this huge SHORT database from a professional genealogist that I'm distantly related to. on BALES mostly MO but they spread out everywhere OK, IN, AR what BALES are you looking for?