Hi I think that when we establish the origins of the families from UK or Europe, then probably we would then know why there are so many lines. Seldom on this list have I seen connections across "the pond". From various records here in Scotland, I know I "have lost" two sets of children abt. 1730 and 1760, (I can only find the eldest son through land records) another generation born from 1791 onwards in Cambusnethan Parish Lanarkshire I have documents showing a David STEEL who completely disappeared without trace so far. He is recorded as "being Baillie of these parts". Probably something like a JP or lawman. Other members of this latter generation are showing up from death records, but even these are not very precise, and obviously they had to live past 1854 to have been registered. Did not intend for this to be so long, sorry. But if you know of a David STEEL showing up in USA or thereabouts, sometime after 1824, probably aged about 30, please let me know. Although I mostly lurk, I do read all the postings Many thanks Alex STEEL ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Ivers <mlrivers@msn.com> To: <STEELE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [STEELE-L] IOWA STEELE > And just to complicate the issue, I have Dallas Co., Iowa, Steeles' as well. I wonder if many of them came west together and split up later on. Who knew there could be so many Steel(e) lines. I found a document in Hocking Co., Ohio, for my ancestor, Samuel Steel(e) where he wrote his name two different places on the document with two different spellings, Steel, and Steele. Samuel was born 1810 in Maryland. > Mary I.<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> > > > ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== > Search, Subscribe & Unsubscribe STEELE-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/s/steele.html > List Manager's address STEELE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Alex, I have a David Steele that was born in PA in 1762. He is the son of Peters Steele who came to America in 1763. David married a woman by the name of Elizabeth Cawley in PA. If this familiar, let me know. Jolene