This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ham, bourland (boldan, bolen ect.( Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/299.1.1 Message Board Post: Wanda my connection to the Ham's. Monroe Ham is my great grand father he is my grandmother's father by his second wife Gelina Bourland. Allen is his brother and also the great great grandfather of my brother-in-law. It seems where ever you find Allen you find Monroe in census records.so i know quiet a lot about both families. linda