This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phillips Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nNABAIB/5676.1 Message Board Post: Jetwilli writes: << John Phillips born circa 1801 in N.C. Found in Caldwell County, MIssouri Census with wife Lucinda (born in Ill) and children>> This is much earlier than my need, but the place, Caldwell County brings a "Bingo!" to my mind. My mother was born in Braymer, MO (Caldwell Co.) as Ruby Catherine Phillips, Nov. 24, 1911. She was put up for adoption, and never knew who her birth parents were. I've been researching about 4 years, and have gotten "warm" a few times, but no connections. Can you -- or anyone viewing this -- help? Thanks, Richard Tennesen, Capitola, CA