This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oZEBAIB/3959.2 Message Board Post: You must be more specific!! What time period? What names? Russell is a very common name. I had many Russells in Iowa in the 1800's and many still there. Silas Wilson Russell ring any bells? Many others