Are their any male decedents from this line? You could do a Y-DNA test to find out the surname because father's and son carry the same DNA. This may give you some clues as to where to look. Good Luck Joy "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: coonersue Surnames: Baker Johnson johnston Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.unknown/7133/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My Grandfather's name is John William Baker Jr. He was born in Sylvester, Ga in 1923. His Father's name was Sr. born 15 Nov 1869 or so it would seem. I have always heard that my GGrandfather went awol and changed his name to Baker. His Former name may have been Johnson or johnston or something along that line. I have asked my grandmother many times about this before she passed away july 07. She would simply reply to me saying that "we don't talk about that side of the family". Well now granny's gone and john jr's mind is gone and has been for quite some time. I guess what i am trying to find out is if anyone out here is geneaology land would know anything about this or maybe give me some hint on how to find out if there is a way. Here is what i know so far ... 1930 Worth Co.( Ga.), Bridgeboro and Minton Rd. Age 66? father born Virginia and mother born Ga. His occupation Peddler of products. Snow age 38 born Ga Junior age 6 and Jeanette age 3 1910 Mitchell Co John W., all Virginia wife Cara born 1883? Ga Sydney son age 9, Female, Ruby, Horton married 12 yrs. 1920 Mitchell Co. John W. age 50? all born Virginia (Divorced) Trudie Lewis (married), Sydney, Jewell and Horton Do not see Xwife Cara or Cora in census? 1930 Horton living with sister Jewell in Minton Worth Co 1930 Sydney in Mitchell Co., with family Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VIRGINIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Researching the Family Histories of the Following Surnames: Durrett, Saunders/Sanders, Quick, Cole, Smith, Gilbert, Leftwich, Hopkins, Counts, Capps, Moore/Morris, Grooms, Fletcher, Dotson/Dodson, Willie Foley, Clifton, French, Hite, Ramsey, Haggard, Bruce, Catlett, Gaines, Underwood, Thornton, Mann, Stone, Sims, Duncan, Cooper, Ware, Boone, Blythe, Cooper, DeHart, Warren, Morridge Ivaldi-Durrett and Allied Families http://www.sanders.tribalpages.com/ --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.