I am not involved in this site as much as I would like to but anticipate increasing the search for ancestors in the near future (cannot wait to do DNA testing). My question is how to tell when reading posts whether the subject(s) being discussed are of African descent. > From: wells-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: WELLS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 58 > To: wells@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:01:14 -0600 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WELLS Flora BRYANT 1896 1946 mother (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > 2. Parents of Samuel Wells? (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:13:02 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [WELLS] WELLS Flora BRYANT 1896 1946 mother > To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1333113179.70478@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: t42ValleyView_CookeCoTX > Surnames: WELLS > Classification: cemetery > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5582/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > WELLS Flora BRYANT 1896 1946 mother > > DaveStrickland photographed this gravestone in the Valley View Cemetery, Cooke Co, Texas . Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 226,000 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Cooke), cemetery(ValleyView) and Surname. > If you know more about this person please reply here, instead of contacting me because this is most likely "not my 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. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:27:57 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [WELLS] Parents of Samuel Wells? > To: <WELLS-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1333132076.94674@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: leannrussell94 > Surnames: Boley, Wells, Williamson > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5583/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, I have recently started to trace my family history. I have found that Catherine Williamson Wells is my Great-Great-Great Grandmother and Samuel Wells is my Great-Great-Great Grandfather. I have been able to find a lot of research and information about Catherine's side of the family but I was curious to know more about Samuel's. Is there any information about who is parents were? > > Below I have outlined my connection to the family: > Leann Russell > Daughter of Brenda Schneider and Keith Russell > -Brenda Schneider is the Daughter of Patricia Boley and Carl Schneider > -Patricia Boley is the Daughter of Romey Boley and Pauline Boley. > -Romey Boley is the Son of Welthia Wells Boley and Andrew Boley. > -Welthia Wells is the Daughter of Catherine Williamson Wells and Samuel W. Wells. > > 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 contact the WELLS list administrator, send an email to > WELLS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the WELLS mailing list, send an email to WELLS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WELLS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of WELLS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 58 > ************************************