This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Giles, Owens Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BAC.2ACE/472.476.1 Message Board Post: I am a direct descendant of Samuel and Catherine Owens Giles. Their son William was my 3rd great -grandfather. I've been through all of the early Virginia census available online and had found some information about the Giles surname in Amherst County, but nothing directly pertaining to Samuel. Helen, are you still out there?