Hi; Have you tried the Circus Historical Society? Contact: Mr. Dave Price, Sec/Tres. 1954 Old Hickory Blvd., Brentwood, TN. 37027-4014. Also, send a note to Don Marcks,( the publisher/editor of the weekly trade paper) Circus Report 525 Oak Street, El Cerrito, California 94530-3699 ask him to please print your letter requesting information, which he will do. This is a small weekly BUT the only weekly paper dedicated to circus and variety acts anywhere and it goes all over the world. The Circus Fans of America, Mr. Irvin C. Mohler, P.O. Box 59710, Potomac, MD. 20859. I have to leave for this afternoon but will send more infor later. Good luck. Donn and Nancy Moyer. http://www.wa.net/~djmoyer/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. L. MacKenzie" <blair_mackenzie@email.msn.com> To: <CIRCUS-FOLK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:42 AM Subject: [CIRCUS-FOLK] Ringling Brothers, 1930s > We're trying to find any information regarding a family associated with > Ringling Brothers Circus. > Amelia Greene, from Pulaski, Georgia, joined the circus in probably the > early to mid 1930s as a seamstress, taking along three of her children, son, > Garland, and two daughters, Dell and Jean. Dell and Jean, became trapeze > artists. Garland worked with the side show. > Amelia married a man named Town, date not known. He was later killed by a > falling tent pole. > It is not known how long the girls stayed with the circus but Amelia was > still there in the early 40s. > We've tried Ringling headquarters but their records do not go back that far. > If anyone recognizes this I would appreciate hearing from them. > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >