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/4BC.2ACI/2184.1.2 Message Board Post: I am very interested in your Vess/Vest surname entry. I have been looking for over 40 years for siblings and/or parents of Eli Vest born 1808/1809 in Seneca Co.,NY. He married Eliza Wood and they had 11 children. They eventually ended up in Michigan where both of them died. I am desceded from John S. Vest Sr. their 3rd child. His son was John S. Vest Jr. my grandfather. Have you any information on the source of the surname Vess/Vest. Please contacst me if you are interested or possibly have some information that might help me. Thanks Lawrence (Larry) Vest