This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AKtracker Surnames: Steele Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.steele/1406.1.1.3.1.1.3.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Barbara, thank you so much for the information! I know that there is a disagreement among Steele researchers as to whether the Augustine Steele that was the father of Abraham b. abt 1773 is the same Augustine that was Augustine Stahl from Germany. Jim Sinclair hired a researcher who came up with Augustine Stahl from Germany; however, Jim later found out that this information is incorrect. See http://genforum.genealogy.com/steele/messages/5166.html Also, Willard Israel, author of the book "AUGUSTINE STAHL (STEELE) : Germany to America and Some of His Descendants" is said to have taken some of his information from Alice Grissom Hicks's book "Steele," and no one knows where she got her information. See http://genforum.genealogy.com/steele/messages/767.html Willard Israel's book is in libraries and can sometimes be found for sale on the web. No one that I know of can locate a copy of the book by Alice Hicks. I have a copy of Israel's book coming and had to pay an exhorbitant price for it. I ordered it before knowing that his information cannot be trusted. I'm hoping that some of the information he listed can give me some leads, though. I would imagine the book is a mixture of truth and untrue suppositions. I appreciate your passing along information you have gleaned from the internet. I'm always hopeful that some fact or hint sent by a kind soul like you will lead me to break through a brick wall! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.