This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steele Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YdJBAIB/1989 Message Board Post: Hello, This post is to announce the publication of a new 600-page hardback book on the Steeles of Fairstead, England, Connecticut, and the midwest. Titled "A Steele Family History," this book documents the following ancestral line in England and America: 1. Robert Steele, m. ca. 1510, Fairstead, Essex, Anne [-?-] 2. Richard Steele, m. ca. 1547, Fairstead, Essex, [-?-] 3. Richard Steele, m. ca. 1585, Fairstead, Essex, Elizabeth [-?-] 4. John Steele, m. 1622 Braintree, Essex, Rachel Talcott 5. John Steele, Jr., m. 1646 Hartford, Conn., Mercy Warner 6. Samuel Steele, m. 1680 Hartford, Conn., Mercy Bradford 7. Thomas Steele, m. 1709 Hartford, Conn., Susannah Webster 8. William Steele, m. 1742 New Hartford, Conn., Lydia Seymour 9. Isaac Steele, m. 1777 New Hartford, Conn., Dorothy Pitkin 10. Roderick Steele, m. 1799 New Hartford, Conn., Rhoda Merrill 11. Edwin Steele, m. 1829 Ontario Co., N.Y., Charlotte Barber 12. William Wilson Steele, m. 1866 Prairie du Chien, Wisc., Martha A. Annis 13. William Eugene Steele, m. 1895 Boone, Iowa, Besse Osborne Wheeler 14. Donald Eugene Steele, m. 1934 Venice, Calif., Barbara Alice Lowe 15. Edward Eugene Steele, m. 1966 Kirkwood, Mo., Sheryl Seigneur Wood In addition to presenting a narrative on this Steele line, this book also presents detailed treatment of each of the twelve American maternal lines indicated above. This book is available for $54.00, postpaid, from: Edward E. Steele 7421 Gannon Ave. St. Louis, Mo. 63130 For more information, please see my web site at... <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~steeles/sfh>