This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACE/109.2.1 Message Board Post: Is your family African American? My father's father's name was Willliam Thomas Birchett, and his fathers' name was George. His mothers' name was Emma. George and Emma apparently moved from Virginia to New York by 1880 when William Thomas was born. Does any of this strike a bell?