This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: mystery of name change solved, Packman, Russell Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReC.2ACI/2475.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Howard Geddes, without your help I would never have connected Joseph packman with Joseph Russell I will continue trying to sort out the family tree, and if I reach the goal, I will let you know, all the best, Margaret Graham.