This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oZEBAIB/4086.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure if any of this information helps you any..but my father was a russell, and I have information going back 12 generations. but what stuck out is my Great Great Grandfather's name was Willard Henry Russell b. dec 6, 1861 in st. larwence NY, and d. feb. 12, 1919 Rusk Co. WI