Someone had asked for an index to this book and it includes the following: Andrew Byrd m. Magdalene (the book didn't state her last name but I believe it was Jones), their son, Mounce Byrd, m. Clara Ruddle, their son, John Byrd, b. 1759, d. 1829, m. Eleanor (?), their son, John M. Byrd, b. 1787, d. 1857, m. Susannah Bevin, their son, George Washington Byrd, b. 1835, d. 1897, m. Elizabeth Cartwright, their son, John Alva Byrd b. 1860, d. 1911, m. Nora Jane Sonner. It also states William and Thomas Byrd came to VA from England in the late 1600's and that Thomas Byrd and wife Mary/Maria Howlett had a son, Andrew Byrd who married Mary Ewing and they had a son, Abraham, who died in Calvert Co., MD in 1698-99. The above John M. Byrd was probably born in Bourbon Co., KY and lived in Todd/Christian Co., KY, Fayette Co., IN, Rush Co., IN and Wells Co., IN by 1850. He was in the War of 1812, Pvt. in KY Militia and died 7 April 1857 in Wells Co., IN. He married Susannah Bevins, d/o John Bevins and had the following children: Abraham, m. 1st Elizabeth Oldham and 2nd Jane Andrews; John m. Amanda Brooks; William, m. Lydia Ann Schoononer; Elizabeth, m. Allen Crissmore; Andrew Jackson; George Washington, m. Elizabeth Carwright; Susannah and Mary Ann. Mounce Byrd, s/o Andrew and Magdalene, m. Eleanor (?), was a Rev. War soldier, serving in the 8th VA Reg. in Capt. Isaac Ruddle's Co., died 1829/30 in Connersville, Fayette Co., IN. Had the following children: John M. (above); Abraham; Rebecca, m. Zacheriah Jacobs; Mary Ann, m. Cornelius Claypole; Sarah, m. Nathaniel Smelling and probably at least one younger child born about 1803. Sorry to have been so long in getting this out. Kinda got behind while buried in ice with no electricity. Glenda

I read somewhere that the Andrew Bird in Raritan, NJ was the son of Thomas Bird and Maria Howlett. Other children were: William, Abraham, Mary and Thomas. I am interested in descendants of Thomas and Maria's son, Thomas Bird if anyone has any information on them. The Thomas Bird who married Maria Howlett was a brother to THE William Bird of Westover. I can dig out the actual info and sources if anyone is interested. Glenda

Mary, Since you seem to be 'well equipped" with reference material on the Bird family, I thought I would see if just perhaps you had anything on my ancestor Sarah Ann Bird, who was born on 13 Dec 1778, probably in PA, died 14 Jan 1850 in Lodi, NY, lived for a time in Easton, PA, married Peter Meddick, and had nine children with him. Thanks! Bruce Woodworth

IN hopes of not getting my head chopped off agian! This is all not correct. See my posts of long ago under foxlover in the archives. I have made a mistake on the wife of one of the andrew birds but that is also in the archives. Sincerely RAY On Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:48:18 -0600 Glenda Todd <gtodd@edge.net> writes: >Someone had asked for an index to this book and it includes the >following: >Andrew Byrd m. Magdalene (the book didn't state her last name but I >believe it was Jones), their son, Mounce Byrd, m. Clara Ruddle, their >son, John Byrd, b. 1759, d. 1829, m. Eleanor (?), their son, John M. >Byrd, b. 1787, d. 1857, m. Susannah Bevin, their son, George >Washington >Byrd, b. 1835, d. 1897, m. Elizabeth Cartwright, their son, John Alva >Byrd >b. 1860, d. 1911, m. Nora Jane Sonner. > >It also states William and Thomas Byrd came to VA from England in the >late 1600's and that Thomas Byrd and wife Mary/Maria Howlett had a >son, >Andrew Byrd who married Mary Ewing and they had a son, Abraham, who >died >in Calvert Co., MD in 1698-99. > >The above John M. Byrd was probably born in Bourbon Co., KY and lived >in Todd/Christian Co., KY, Fayette Co., IN, Rush Co., IN and Wells >Co., >IN by 1850. He was in the War of 1812, Pvt. in KY Militia and died >7 April 1857 in Wells Co., IN. He married Susannah Bevins, d/o John >Bevins and had the following children: Abraham, m. 1st Elizabeth >Oldham >and 2nd Jane Andrews; John m. Amanda Brooks; William, m. Lydia Ann >Schoononer; Elizabeth, m. Allen Crissmore; Andrew Jackson; George >Washington, m. Elizabeth Carwright; Susannah and Mary Ann. > >Mounce Byrd, s/o Andrew and Magdalene, m. Eleanor (?), was a Rev. War >soldier, serving in the 8th VA Reg. in Capt. Isaac Ruddle's Co., died >1829/30 in Connersville, Fayette Co., IN. Had the following children: >John M. (above); Abraham; Rebecca, m. Zacheriah Jacobs; Mary Ann, m. >Cornelius Claypole; Sarah, m. Nathaniel Smelling and probably at least >one younger child born about 1803. > >Sorry to have been so long in getting this out. Kinda got behind >while buried in ice with no electricity. > >Glenda > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >If you are going on vacation you will need to unsubscribe. There is >no "nomail" at Rootsweb. > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi.. Does anyone know the lines of Tracy Byrd??? Thanks!!! kaite..

Out of my area, he's from Texas Have a great one!! Shawn Byrd-Johnson Knox County, KY Admin http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyknox/index.html Garrard County, KY Admin http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygarrar/index.html Knox Co. Mailing list KYKNOX-L-request@rootsweb.com Reckinger Mailing list RECKINGER-L-request@rootsweb.com to subscribe to either list, enter the word SUBSCRIBE as the only word in the body of the message -----Original Message----- From: CajunKaite@aol.com <CajunKaite@aol.com> To: BIRD-L@rootsweb.com <BIRD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 5:38 PM Subject: [BIRD-L] Tracy Byrd >Hi.. > >Does anyone know the lines of Tracy Byrd??? > >Thanks!!! >kaite.. > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >This is a discussion list for anyone doing research on BIRD, and all various spellings. Any time and any place. > >

Hi, I'm new to this list and am seeking information on the lineage of Sylvia T. Bird who was born about 1815 in Victory Township, Cayuga Co, NY. She was the second wife of Jacob Crowley, married July 9, 1845. The Crowleys moved from New York to Winnebago County, Illinois, near Rockford. Sylvia died in 1880 and I believe had a younger brother named Daniel who was married to Mary. As you can tell, I have sketchy information but would like to make connections with others researching this line... I have tons of information on the Crowleys. Laura Kaatz lkaatz@sprintmail.com Kansas City Area

To Ed Stumpf: I checked in a book I have on the Bird Families which contains the following chapters: Chapter 1 - Andrew Bird and the New Jersey Birds Chapter 2 - The Luzerne County, PA Birds Chapter 3 - The Michigan Branch of the Bird Family Chapter 4 - The Northumberland Co., PA Birds Chapter 5 - The Sylvanus Bird Family of Knox Co., Ohio Chapter 6 - The Virginia Branch of the Bird Family I did not find the Richard or Andrew you are looking for. I did find Richard Bird son of John Bird and Rebecca Montanye. This Richard was born on Aug. 21, 1789 in Luzerne Co., PA and married Elizabeth Space who was born in 1792. Richard died on Aug. 22, 1831 and Elizabeth on Sept. 21, 1884. Richard & Elizabeth had 3 children: Sarah, Matilda and Margaret. The Andrew Bird, who with several sons moved to the Raritan Valley of Somerset County, New Jersey from Long Island, was born sometime in the middle of the 1600s (possibly between 1645 and 1650) per book by Prof. Bennett. Andrew Sr.'s wife was Mary (perhaps Mary Ewing) Known children: 1. Andrew Bird Jr. - born ca 1670 in Newtown, Queen's County, Long Island, New York 2. George Bird - born ca 1673 prob. in Newtown 3. unknown daughter born ca 1676 prob. in Newtown 4. Thomas Bird - born ca 1679 5. Elisha Bird - born ca 1682 Andrew Bird Jr. married Mary Brokaw and shortly after their marriage moved to the Raritan Valley of New Jersey. Mary was previously married to Myndert Wilson. An Andrew Bird settled in Piscataway, New Jersey in 1708. In 1710 an Andrew Bird was appointed as Assessor of Somerset County, New Jersey. Andrew Jr. died in 1723. He and Mary are believed to have had the following children: William M. Bird - born in 1703 Mary Bird - baptized Aug. 1, 1704 - Raritan Ref.Dutch Ch Catherine Bird - baptized October 25, 1704 - Raritan Ref. Ch. Borgon Bird - baptized Apr. 30, 1707 - Raritan Ref. Church Abraham Bird - baptized Aug. 2, 1710 - Raritan Reformed Ch. Sarah Bird (possibly) Andrew Bird - born ca 1702 at Raritan, New Jersey Andrew, son of Andrew Jr. and Mary (Brokaw) Bird was my ancestor. Ed, there is no index in this book, so I could have missed a mention of another Richard Bird, and if I ever notice it I will try to get back to you. The book I took this info. from is: DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW BIRD OF COLONIAL LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK by Prof. E. O. Bennett Happy hunting, Mary (Ruddell) Zollman boots@aye.net

To Ed and Mary: The fact that Richard Bird's brother is named Bourgon probably means he is a descendant of Andrew Bird and Mary Brokaw, daughter of Burgeon Brocaud. The book by Ed Bennet that Mary mentions doesn't have any mention of Ed's Richard; however, Ed has just finished a second edition with a lot more information (or so he tells me). He doesn't monitor this mailing list, but if you send him a query by email (at ebennet@cvtv.net) he usually answers promptly, and is very willing to share his research. Judy Jamieson Pisano jupisano@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/~jupisano "To a physicist, everything's relative; to a genealogist, everyone's a relative!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Greetings All! . .My name is Clifton M. Lee and my namesake is my maternal great grandfather, Clifton Ellis Byrd [1868 - 1926] . . .our Byrd/McClintic lineage starts, in America, with Andrew Thomas Byrd , who emmigrated from Cheshire,England to Dorchester,Mass. in about 1640. This line later migrated to Bath County,Va. . . I have a considerable amount of lineage info and would love to share . . also . .we would love to get more information on our English history . . Thanking You in Advance . .Clif Clifton M. Lee 5451 Wooded Way Columbia,Md. 21044

Aloha and Happy New Year! Seeking info on possible siblings and parents of Richard Bird b. around 1780 in PA. Father may have been an Andrew. Richard was mar. to Jane by 1809 and living in Sycamore Twp., Hamilton Co, OH. They moved to Seneca and Hardin Counties, OH in the 1820s and 1840s. Can anyone tell me more precise dates about the children of Andrew and his wife who had 8 children in Chester Co PA? Anna, Sarah, Abraham, Andrew, Wm., John, Bergund, & Richard? Where did they all migrate to? Did any of them go to NJ or OH? Your help is much appreciated. Mahalo. Ed Stumpf

Hi all: I am looking for volunteers to do the following CD lookups: Individual CD Description CD# Dennis, Asher Pedigrees Everton 1500-1990 15 Dennis, Asher Census Index: States/Counties 1860 318 Dennis, Asher Census Index: States/Counties 1870 319 Dennis, Asher Census Index: Eastern PA 1870 286 Dennis, Asher 1937-1997 SSDI 110 Vol. 1 Dennis, Asher WFT Vol 1 This would mean a lot to me and could be a big break. I would be most appreciative if anyone had the time to help with this. Thanks and Happy New Year. Paul

I am Susan BARLOW Holmes of Redfield Arkansas. I would love to find the parents of Elisabeth BYRD who married Norval R. BARLOW in Rankin Co Mississippi on Feb 27 1845. Norval is the nephew of my great great Grandfather, George Washington BARLOW....George was married to Flora Anne BYRD and it is said that Elisabeth and Flora were sisters....however....we have as yet to prove a parent for either of them.. Also, Nathaniel Green BARLOW, George Washington BARLOWS twin....was married to Mary BYRD...and she too may be a sister of Elisabeth and Flora.. The book..."Memoirs of Mississippi" states that Mary is the daughter of George and Susan BYRD of SC....but several BYRD researchers disagree with that...and I have seen some sheets claiming Mary to be the daughter of Eden BYRD and Anne LEE. In the 1850 Rankin Co census...Mary and Nathaniel were living in Rankin Co and an elderly George BYRD is living near them....and in the 1860 census..Nathaniel and Mary are living back Simpson Co..near the rest of the BARLOW boys..Living near them is a John BYRD. In my mind, I believe that this John and George were brothers..and that John may have been the parents of Flora and Elisabeth..while George is the father of Mary...but I have yet to find that proof..As we know..the census prior to 1850 serves little purpose in identifying children and spouses in a household.. Now that I have you all suffieciently confused...I'll give you time to comtemplate all of the John, George...Mary and Elisabeth's....I sure wish my folks had been a little more creative in their naming of children! <GGG> thanks for any response... Susan... "A website for everyone researching the surname Barlow, any spelling or variation, anywhere, anytime..includes..Barlow, Barlowe, Barlo, Barloe, Barler, Parler, Parlur, Barlage, and others yet to be discovered.." ....visit............. "THE BARLOW CLEARINGHOUSE" http://www.genweb.net/~barlow/index.html If we don't have your family....please send me a few of your generations or a query....and we'll see what we can do to find them...thanks....susan

To whom it may concern has any one found the ancestry of john Bird of Oyster Bay Nassua Co. New York Yet. To my knowledge his only know child is Andrew Bird that married hannah Dimend Sincerely RAY ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Does anyone have the parents of George William Byrd who was born about 1730 in Virginia and died 1825 in Yancey County, North Carolina? His wife was Margaret Ann Hutson. If you do, please e-mail me. John Byrd jbyrd16476@ij.net

Dear Tom: Your Sarah Bird is very likely a daughter of Andrew Bird and Hannah Dimend. I have seen Hannah's name listed as Mary a few times. I wonder if it is because when they moved to New Jersey they were members of the Dutch Refoemed Church, and all the names were changed to Dutch names - James became Jacobus, for example. Andrew had another daughter, Mary (Marya in church records) who married abt 1705 in Piscataway. I'd really like to see what you have on Sarah and Jonathan's descendants, and if you want any data on Andrew's other children, let me know and I'll send you a GEDCOM. BTW, Andrew is my 8-G-grandfather. Judy Jamieson Pisano jupisano@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/~jupisano "To a physicist, everything's relative; to a genealogist, everyone's a relative!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Dear Tom: Your Sarah Bird is very likely a daughter of Andrew Bird and Hannah Dimend. I have seen Hannah's name listed as Mary a few times. I wonder if it is because when they moved to New Jersey they were members of the Dutch Refoemed Church, and all the names were changed to Dutch names - James became Jacobus, for example. Andrew had another daughter, Mary (Marya in church records) who married abt 1705 in Piscataway. I'd really like to see what you have on Sarah and Jonathan's descendants, and if you want any data on Andrew's other children, let me know and I'll send you a GEDCOM. BTW, Andrew is my 8-G-grandfather. Judy Jamieson Pisano jupisano@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/~jupisano "To a physicist, everything's relative; to a genealogist, everyone's a relative!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Below is a few Bird Marriages in Indiana. Didnt find what I needed but someone might be looking for this info. I got this off the Indiana genweb page. Early Marriages in Indiana to 1850 Names County Date BIRD, AARON GOINS CAROLINE TIPTON 12-21-1850 BIRD ABRAM NORWOOD ANN MARIA MARION 11-23-1843 BIRD ADAM CAIN LOUISA PUTNAM 1-28-1847 BIRD AMANDA JANE KENNEDY ELIAS FLOYD 10-07-1834 BIRD AMBROSE HIGGS ELIZABETH FLOYD 8-21-1834 BIRD AMBROSE KAYS SARAH HOWARD 9-19-1846 BIRD AMBROSE READ ISABEL JEFFERSON 6-27-1840 BIRD ARTHUR MCCAULEY MARY ANN DEKALB 10-10-1850 BIRD AXUM NEWSON LUCY ANN VIGO 3-19-1845 BIRD BENJAMIN MONROE ELIZA GRANT 9-8-1852 BIRD BENJAMIN F. SMALL HARRIET DECATUR 10-20-1849 BIRD BETHIAH ROGERS WILLIAM WAYNE 2-30-1839 BIRD BETSY CHRISMORE ALLEN RUSH 11-17-1846 BIRD BIRTES STEPHEN RACHEL SHELBY 9-19-1846 BIRD BRIAN CRUNK NANCY POSEY 3-8-1827 BIRD BRYANT STRAUGHAN MARY CRAWFORD 8-28-1833 BIRD BRYANT DULEY MARY POSEY 3-29-1835 BIRD CATHARINE WEIMER JOHN DEARBORN 4-10-1845 BIRD CATHERINE BIRHERLY HENRICK VANDERBURGH 5-9-1848 BIRD CHARATY WEBB JAMES POSEY 3-14-1820 BIRD CHARLOTTE WATERS ABRAM DEKALB 12-30-1856 BIRD CHRISTENA TROBOUGH JOHN HARRISON 5-28-1827 BIRD CHRISTENA MASON DUDLEY D. PERRY 12-28-1820 BIRD CLARISSA MATTHEWS JOSEPH RUSH 2-6-1823 BIRD ELANOR MARSHALL JOSEPH GRANT 8-9-1838 BIRD ELIZA CRISP HARRISON 5-12-1842 BIRD ELIZA BROWN JEREMIAH JEFFERSON 6-28-1840 BIRD ELIZABETH GREEN MOSES JEFFERSON 9-24-1844 BIRD ELIZABETH WHITE DRURY ORANGE 4-14-1833 BIRD ELIZABETH HAMILTON GEORGE PERRY 5-17-1829 BIRD ELIZABETH JOHNSON MASON PUTNAM 10-5-1843 BIRD ELIZABETH KEELAN LITTLETON POSEY 3-10-1827 BIRD ELIZABETH WILLIAMS JOHN W. ST JOSEPH 10-26-1848 BIRD FANNY TUCKER DAVID S. CRAWFORD 2-5-1838 BIRD FANNY MILLER MADISON PUTNAM 2-1-1849 BIRD GARRET HARDESTY REBECCA GRANT 8-12-1841 BIRD HENRY COBB MATILDA BROWN 1-1-1839 BIRD HENRY M. BAKER SESERPTA DUBOIS 1-7-1849 BIRD JACKSON CHESSER JULIA PIKE 5-6-1849 BIRD JACKSON BARNETT JANE ORANGE 12-10-1841 BIRD JAMES CLARK EVELINE DEARBORN 2-27-1842 BIRD JAMES JR. MOYER POLLY ANN HARRISON 9-22-1831 BIRD JAMES VINEYARD ELIZABETH PUTNAM 6-6-1836 BIRD JAMES DAVIS NANCY PUTNAM 12-14-1843 BIRD JAMES H. JOHNSON NANCY DECATUR 11-20-1848 BIRD JAMES L. HUFFMAN SUSANNAH PUTNAM 2-18-1842 BIRD JAMES R. WILSON SARAH PUTNAM 11-14-1842 BIRD JAMES W. WILLIAMS CAROLINE GRANT 1-20-1850 BIRD JOHN PRATTER ELIZABETH HARRISON 9-9-1819 BIRD JOHN JR. SWITZER SUSAN POSEY 3-12-1831 BIRD JOHNSON EAKIN POLLY POSEY 8-29-1825 BIRD JOSEPH GREY HESTER CRAWFORD 8-16-1849 BIRD JOSEPH CUMMONS SARAH ANN HARRISON 2-20-1834 BIRD JOSEPH BABCOCK SUSAN HARRISON 4-14-1844 BIRD JOSEPH CROSS MORNING RUSH 8-23-1833 BIRD JOSIAH BIRD SALLY LAWRENCE 11-16-1840 BIRD JULIA A. SMITH WILLIAM JAY 7-14-1846 BIRDLANNA? OR LAWRA? COMBS JAMES CLARK 12-7-1832 BIRD ELIZABETH BLAIR THOMAS LAWRENCE 6-22-1837 BIRD LUARA M. DAWSON STEPHEN ST JOSEPH 5-5-1846 BIRD LOUISA ROLAND ALEXANDER DEKALB 9-30-1852 BIRD LUCINDA NEAL JAMES M. CRAWFORD 6-4-1850 BIRD LUCINDA SEATON JAMES W. CRAWFORD 8-22-1850 BIRD MAHALA GLEASON WASHINGTON PARKE 8-11-1842 BIRD MARTHA REYNOLDS THOMAS T. CRAWFORD 6-9-1850 BIRD MARTHA ELIZ. MARTIN JAMES DECATUR 12-4-1844 BIRD MARY TOWLAN JAMES CLARK 6-20-1835 BIRD MARY SKINNER AMOS DECATUR 4-10-1845 BIRD MARY FORD WILLIAM W. HAMILTON 4-16-1837 BIRD MARY KITTERMAN ZACH HARRISON 2-20-1825 BIRD MARY MCLAREN G.K. KOSCIUSKO 10-14-1847 BIRD MARY ANN JONES JOHN C. HARRISON 2-14-1847 BIRD MARY ANN ADAMS JAMES ST JOSEPH 6-4-1848 BIRD MARY JANE BAIRD WILLIAM JAY 1-7-1844 BIRD MARY JANE SPRAGUE DANIEL PERRY 7-18-1846 BIRD MARY JANE MCVEY HARVEY PUTNAM 12-22-1848 BIRD MASON MULLINS CATHARINE HARRISON 5-15-1819 BIRD MASON COOPER POLLY PARKE 10-3-1844 BIRD MATILDA ALFRED MARSHALL CLARK 2-9-1850 BIRD MYRA HUPP JAMES HARRISON 3-13-1817 BIRD NANCY PIERSON WILLIAM CRAWFORD 2-18-1819 BIRD NANCY MILES THOMAS HARRISON 10-8-1835 BIRD NANCY JANE CASE JOHN CRAWFORD 4-19-1848 BIRD OCHMIG BUTTENFIELD ANN ALLEN 10-9-1838 BIRD PATRICK POTEAL MARY HARRISON 1-29-1823 BIRD PETER MITCHELL CATHARINE FLOYD 12-17-1841 BIRD PILE CUNNINGHAM MARY ANN CLARK 1-29-1834 BIRD POLLY GIVENS WILLIAM POSEY 12-3-1815 BIRD RALPH LEABOY MARY JEFFERSON 9-3-1837 BIRD REBECCA DAVIS OLIVER DEKALB 6-12-1851 BIRD ROBERT BUGHER HENRIETTA L. PERRY 1-22-1841 BIRD SALLY ALEXANDER MOSES HENDRICKS 1-25-1849 BIRD SALLY BIRD JOSIAH LAWRENCE 11-16-1840 BIRD SALLY MCKIM THOMAS PERRY 3-30-1822 BIRD SAMUEL CARVER NANCY ALLEN 7-11-1839 BIRD SAMUEL COLE SARAH CRAWFORD 3-22-1838 BIRD SAMUEL SPRINGER CITY ANN CRAWFORD 8-22-1839

Eunice: Hi cousin! I am also descended from James Curtis BIRD through his second wife Elizabeth MONTOUR. Their daughter Letitia married a famous Oregon pioneer Charles Richard MCKAY, Sr. My record shows that your gg grandfather George BIRD was a son of his second wife, Oomenhowiska aka Mary, who was a full-blood Cree. I have 20 children for James Curtis Bird. His parents were James BIRD and Elizabeth CURTIS from Winchester England. They were married in London on 5/30/1773. I have nothing earlier than this. My record shows that George married Mary Ann THOMAS, daughter of Thomas THOMAS (a Chief Factor of HBC) and Sarah. Will be glad to share information. Gordon W. Pace siriuspace@aol.com

Hi! to all my relatives in Canada and the US. I am new to this and 'computer illiterate' as well ,so please have patience!!! I have spent a lot of my computer time lately reading messages from the archives from people who are also descendants of my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, James Curtis Bird. I am descended through his son George, and George's son William T. to my Grandfather who was also named William. My Father was William Reginald--(it would seem they ran out of first names!!) Would love to hear from any of my Bird relatives. I have some info on several members I would gladly share. Eunice (Bird) Groves , Chilliwack ,BC, Canada.