Linda, I'm forwarding your letter to a brother of Martha Carson to answer. It is the first time I've heard of the Kate Smith relationship. It will be interesting to learn more about it. The family is musically inclined and one branch uses the (stage) surname of Chapel but they are really Amburgeys. Happy hunting! Dot G On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:11:14 EDT JMi8685193@aol.com writes: > Does anyone know of a lady named Martha Carson who was a singer? I > read in > Genforum that her real name was Irene Amburgey. My grandmother told > my aunt > she was Kate Smiths cousin. Does anyone know anything about that? My > > grandmother was a Moore married to a Amburgey. We downloaded some of > Martha > Carsons songs off the internet. We downloaded some of Kate Smith > also. I will > tell you this, lol, I sure sing terrible myself. Linda Underwood > Miller > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >