Jack, RE: Steeles in IOWA.... Have researched Steeles in Appanoose County. where at least two unrelated Steele lines exist; and recently did research in Albia (Monroe), where there are lots of Steeles, but none related to my line...Did copy some materials there, specifically what given names are you checking? Jeanne V. At 03:44 PM 3/25/01 -0800, you wrote: >Anyone on this list researching the Steele family in Iowa, particularly >around Eddyville, Monroe County, Mahaska County ? > >Jack Childers in OKC, IBSSG >http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm > > > >==== STEELE Mailing List ==== >GenConnect ~ Biographies, have one? Post it at ~ >http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/s/t/STEELE/biographies >List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > >

Those Steeles in Albia, Monroe County are probably mine. Scott(y) Steele, Isabella Steele, Frank Johnson Steele, Margaret Jeneva Besco Steele, John Garner Steele, just to name a few. However, just like with your two separate unrelated Steele lines you found in Appanoose County, there are some Steele lines in Monroe County that are not mine. I have always been frustrated by such finds. I say they are not mine, but you know, I really do believe they are mine, somehow, someway, I just can't make that connection. It could be that they are cousins, perhaps even brothers, to my oldest ancestors but their connection has been lost to time. On my Childers line I found two same named families living right next door to each other on a Texas census and cannot make the connection. Most frustrating !!! Jack Childers in OKC International BlackSheep Society of Genealogists http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/childers/html/surnames.htm