This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/433.805.833.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I just wanted to ask if you are familiar with Edward Ball's book "A Slave in the Family" I highly recommend it to anyone that has an intrest in genealogy. He describes how he tracks his family, and what he finds about the Ball family.