This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brooks/Gallentine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WdB.2ACI/3150.3 Message Board Post: In your Query of July 28, 2005, you mentioned 'Della Valetine and were questioning if this was the correct spelling for her last name. Her last Maiden Name was "Della Gallentine" and she was the daughter of William & Harriet Jane (Nicola) Gallentine. My Great Grandparents were "Charles Brooks and Susan Gallentine (she was the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Polly) Gallentine. My Maiden Name was "Brooks" and my ancestors came from the Dunbar, Pa. area. Could we be related??