I NEED HELP IN LOCATING THE FAMILY AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY. I KNOW THAT MY GG GRANDFATHER WAS NAMED TOWNSEND DAWKINS WHO MARRIED SOMEONE NAMED COSTELLA. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS ELKIN DAWKINS,WHO FATHERED-----MY GRANDFATHER ELFORD(know as son dawkins, or red) L.D. DAWKINS, ARLENE, TOWNSEND,OLIN,THOMAS ROSA LEE DAWKINS(GEFFERY) LILLIE MAE DAWKINS(TATE) VERA DAWKINS(HOLLIS) MATTIE LEE DAWKINS (LITTLE JOHN) AND SADIE MAE DAWKINS(HEMPHILL). MY GRANDFATHER'S CHILDREN WERE MARY LEE DAWKINS(LOGAN) CARL DAWKINS, MAMIE DAWKINS(PEARSON), ELFORD DAWKINS JR. IT IS ALSO MY BELIEF THAT MY GG GRANDFATHER TOWNSEND WAS A SLAVE. MY GG GRANDFATHER ONLY FATHERED TWO CHILDREN TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ELKIN AND ANNIE DAWKINS. L.D. DAWKINS CHILDREN ARE NAMED SHEILA, MARY, ETHEL, PAM, LINDA, JESSIE MAE, JETTE REA, AND JULIA. I AM TOLD BY SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WE ARE ALSO RELATED TO SOME FOSTER'S, CAMP'S, LITTLE JOHNS, HEMPHILL'S, THE BERRY'S OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS. AND THE MAYOR OF TENNESEE. PLEASE RESPOND VIA E-MAIL OR WRITE TO ME AT P.O. BOX 20162 GREENSBORO, N.C. 27420 THANK YOU SO MUCH. PERHAPS WE CAN SWAP PICTURES, OR EVEN VISIT, I WOULD LOVE IT TO THE UTMOST. LOVE GLORIA ALENE DAWKINS LAMB