This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keatts/Brumfield Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AC.2ACE/1385.3.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Sam, I am so excited that you have found all this info for me. I can't believe my great luck that this book exists, it is a major discovery in my search. Thank you so very very much. You have made my day. You said to check with the Danville Library, correct? I really hope that someone still has a copy of it, that would be so great for me. Did you happen to notice the number of children as being 9 several times in the different generations, interesting isn't it? Does anyone know where the Keatts came from? I do remember seeing a picture of a gentleman when I was growing up ( it may have been a CDV-carte de visitation? or cabinet card ) it mentioned that he was either David or Richard Keatts from what I can remember and it listed dates on it of aprox 1904 but I can't remember all of it, I was just a teenager when I last saw it in the mid 1980's, my grandmother Elmittie Eanes (daughter-in-law of the late Nora Mae Keatts Eanes) had it then. I know it did mention something about Ri! chard and David being brothers on the back. The photo looked to have been from the late 1800's to early 1900's from what I remember and may have had a Asian inspired decoration like a big peacock shaped rattan chair and I thought that the man looked like he had what we used to call a "FuManChu" mustache or other facial hair, but from what I can remember learning about styles in that era is was not uncommon to notice those hints of style. I hope one day to be able to again locate that picture, that was one of the many starting points for my curiosity as a teen as to who my ancestors were. Do you know very much about this book? Do you think that maybe the State Library might know about it also? So I gather that the correct spelling is Brumfield possibly, I never could tell for sure from the handwriting I have seen, but I also know that some cousins also mention Broomfield, any connections? Thanks so much again for all your help. People like you are so special to people like m! e.