This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMPKINS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2AIBAIB/424 Message Board Post: I NEED HELP BAD. MY GRANDFATHER WAS WILLIAM EDWARD SIMPKINS. I CAN NOT FIND ANY INFO. ON HIM. HE WAS B. 1873? D.1959? M. 1904 TO IDELLA DURCILLA MILLER THEY HA A BOY WILLIAM J SIMPKINS(MY DAD) AND GIRL ANNA MARIE. THEY LIVED IN WICHITIA FALLS TEXAS, THEY DIED THERE TOO. I HAVE A DRATF RECORD FROM ILLINOIS,THAT SAYS HE WAS B.THERE. HIS OBIT SAYS HE WAS B. IN TEXAS. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY SIMPKINS IN ILLINOIS OR TEXAS TO GIVE SOME WHERE TO START? I HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL. THANKS FOR ANY INFO. KOZ