This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tracer4236 Surnames: Powell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.powell/7038.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Lynn, I used the Family Finder test to find a connection to my fathers line. My father died fairly young. My fathers parents had divorced when he was 10 and he had gone to livie with his mothers relatives. Both his mother and father were dead before he was 21. It was about a year after I did the FF test that Les who's grandmother was the daughter of my Andrew the an older brother of my GGrandfather Charles. With the info I learned from him working on Ancestry I now have the family back to 1780 and another new cousin, descended from Charles and Andrew's sister Nancy. But with Family Finder a good paper trail back 4 generations for most of your lines is very helpful. I had sent for my fathers birthcert so had his fathers name on that line but on my mothers, mother I still don't have a surname for that line. I know her first name was Martha she was born in MO. had 4 children and died in KS her husband remarried and had 9 more children.....But can't find anyone w! ho know the surname Martha. But someday. Hope this is helpful. 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.