Michele, The question you're responding to was posted to the PITTS message board, and it was a reply to two other message board postings that said where Ralston Pitts lived (Arizona). When you see a posting come to the PITTS-L list via the gateway from the PITTS message board, it's probably a good idea to go to the board itself to get the back story behind the posting. Notice the words that are always automatically appended to the end of any message coming from the gateway: "The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board." Drew Smith PITTS-L List Administrator. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Where and when did Ralston live?  That is an important part of your  query > so we can all help you. > > Michele > > > In a message dated 12/29/2009 10:20:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > This is  a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author:  dbbtolliver1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board  URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.pitts/495.2/mb.ashx > > Message  Board Post: > > I believe Ralston Pitts was my mother's cousin and am  trying to gather > information.  Do you have any information on his  family? > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be  subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on  the Message Board URL link above > and respond on the  board.