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/rw/2AIBAIB/107.125.1.1 Message Board Post: I saw your post on the board about the Simpkins family.Good news and bad news...They are in my family tree...but,I lost my tree...but, I will try to help if I can. Do you have an Isabelle who married Silas Simpkins? He went hunting and disappeared. After that this Isabelle marries my Grandfather John Oldman. Well, I assume they married, maybe not.? I had been in contact with this family directly through the oldest living one of the Simpkins, who is Dorothy Lucille. She lives in Lousiania. I have lost all my contact names as well as the research I had done. dang! The McBride person of whom you speak...who is she? or he? I recall some McBrides but dont remember making the connection. Also, you might try the THURMANS QUEST website. Good Luck. p.s. where are you from?