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/an/oZEBAIB/5716.1 Message Board Post: Elizabeth was a very common and popular name for women in that era in all families, and we know Russell is one extremely common name, the Russell family originates in England and originally is said to have ties to the royal family there, ie. the Russells in England supposedly are entitled to wear the same tartan the royal family wears, royal connections are lost in the colonies however, Russells like all other families in this country traveled tro all parts but usually beghan in Virginia, trey Russell county, Virginia just to see, my own Russells started in Washington County Virginia, emigrated through Tennessee, then Missouri, Oklahoma, Montana and Washington State and the current clan is scattered into Illinois, Idaho, Montana and Washington D.C. Good luck with your research, Russell is a fine family name, one to take pride in, I do