This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/329.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I've heard of a town, Branson,Missouri.Do you perhaps know how it got it's name? Unfortunately, my family is rather fair skinned,with dark blond or light brown hair, so we don't really fit that description. But that could also be because we live in Northern Europe. Good luck on your research.