Do you know what part of Missouri and Illinois? I am researching the Alexander family from Cape Girardeau County Missouri (Fruitland) and Union County Illinois (Jonesboro)without much luck. The names I have are Cole and Walter, their father was Robert Alexander. Thanks, Mary tonyafparks@yahoo.com wrote: 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/gV.2ADEB/4129 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Mrs Bertha ? Alexander. She was born in Germany and so was her husband. We first found Bertha in New York with Son, John W Alexander. Then we found her with 2 sons, John and Lewis Emile Alexander. John born in New York, Lewis born in Tennessee. Found them in Missouri and Illinois. ==== ALEXANDER Mailing List ==== Search the ALEXANDER archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl