This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bramwell, Chrisman, Rust, Porter, Ward, Crewse, LaRue, Chastain Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oregon.counties.linn/1461.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Mary, We've connected before in the somewhat past. My grandmother is Roberta Bramwell Dalrymple and she grew up in Halsey and later Corvallis (where she still lives). Her great-grandmother was Melvina Rust Ward. I believe our connection was somewhere in the Rust line. Melvina's sister was Charlotte Rust LaRue Chastain. Melvina is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery outside of Halsey and Charlotte is in the abandoned Rust cemetery. I can't seem to find a connection between Charlotte and the Rust who owned the land, though. I admit I haven't worked at all on any of my lines in some time. After Grandma's brother, Lindon, passed away in 2004, it lost some of its joy. He was the one who did the major research and I loved exchanging letters about our latest discoveries. It's not the same without him. :(