This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WhB.2ACI/107.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very for the reply, I will pass this on to the person for whom I wrote the query. The lady that lived in the house could have been his mother or foster mother. At least this is a place to go now. Betty