Hi John: This inquiry has nothing to do with FOSTER, rather your last name, O,Melia. My cousin is married to a Steve OMelia and they live in Niskayuna, NY, Any relation? I don't believe that name is too common. Cheryl cpmalm@peganet.com At 08:45 PM 2/27/98 -0800, you wrote: >I am looking for information on the FOSTER surname in Mississippi, or >Ohio, or Tn. or Virg. not sure of the exact state to which my >surename came from, thanks, > >John > > > >==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== >APPROPRIATE SUBJECT LINES: > In an effort to provide meaningful Subject: lines in posts to the > SURNAME-QUERY List, the Listowner asks you to try to adhere to the > following format: > > SURNAME, First MI;dates;places > > An example would look like this: > > BROWNING, Arthur C.;1795-1876;PA>VA>OH > > Users of this SURNAME-QUERY List do not download every day in order > to read each of the hundreds of posts. They are looking for certain > SURNAMES, on which they are doing research, or are willing to help > others with research of said SURNAMES. Therefore, if you do not > provide meaningful Subject: lines, chances are good that your posts > will be deleted without having been read. > > Also, the accepted standard in conducting genealogy research via > the Internet/Web is to spell all SURNAMES in CAPS. > > > > > > >