I see you list CRAWFORD as one of your surnames. Do you know anything about Charles CRAWFORD, b circa 1858-1861 in Frederick Co., VA, m Lula STEELE, b circa 1888-1891 in Clarke Co., VA? I believe that Charles had at least 4 children, the youngest born (to Lula) in 1927 in Clarke Co. His last known location was Wadesville, VA. Lula's last known address was the "State Farm for the Feeble Minded," address unknown. Any leads on this family would be most helpful. Sandra Heath Gentry ----Original Message Follows---- From: Lesees1@aol.com Reply-To: STEELE-L@rootsweb.com To: STEELE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [STEELE-L] last chance before our family book is sent to the publisher Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:19:54 EDT We are looking for the parents of Valentine STEEL; VALENTINE STEELE born in Pennsylvania about 1788, in Mercer Co, Ky census 1840 to 1860. Died before 1866, heirs sold land; married MARY RUBY 1812 in Adair Co, KY. His son, WILLIAM H. STEELE (born 12/2/1820 in Ky. & died 10/2/1911 in Washington CO, KY This is our surname; ADAMS, ALVES, ALVIS, ARMSTRONG, ARNETT, ARRINGTON, BAYTOP, BIBB, BOWMAN, BROWN, BURRUS, BYRAN, CAMPBELL, CASE, CLOYD, CRAWFORD, DENNIS, ELLETT, ELLIS, EWING, FENN, FUTHEY, GIBBES, GILES, GILREATH, GRAHAM, GREENE, GRITTON, HALL, HARDING, HAWKINS, HAYES, HAYN-BACH, HENDERSON, HENDRIE, HYDT, HITE, HOAGLAND, HORN, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KNOWES, LAKE, LANDVATTER, LAVALLE, LEAVELL, LUCKIE, McCoy, MCELVANEY, MICKLEVENNY, MCGHEE, MACHGAYHE, MCKINNEY, MCMAHON, MCMICHAEL, MERCKLE, MERCKLIN, MILFORD, MILLER, MOORE, MORGAN, NEALEY, NIX, PEYTON, PHILLIPS, PUCKETT, REED, RILEY, RUBY, RUSSELL, RUTHERFORD, SATTERLY, SCARLET, SEELY, SHARP, SLAVIN, SMITH, STEELE, STERRETT, STOCKTON, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TURNER, TURPIN, VAUGHAN, WARNER, WARRINER, WITHROW, WRIGHT, YANCEY LOIS ==== STEELE Mailing List ==== Boards > Surnames > Steele - post a topic below, defaults to the list! http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.steele Query, Bible, Bio, B, Cem, Cen, D, Deed, Imm, Lkup, Mar, Mil, Obit, Pen, Will ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com