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/QJH.2ACIB/296.1.1 Message Board Post: you are right it is today spelled byars. As far as I can tell my part of the family came through Ky,Tenn,Al, to Tex. My uncle Rufus lived in Fort Worth, Tx. and died Feb. 2-21-1991. There is a question as to where he was born but his b. is 4-23-1894. He had several brothers and sisters. Some of them were born in Tx. Either Hill cty. or Ellis cty. Glad to hear from you.