Good morning, Dice Cousins, Thanks, Kaite, for forwarding my message to the DICE/DYESS list. I want to thank the people of the Louisiana list for their very helpful answers. This is really a great list! I have thanked each of you personally, (I hope I haven't missed anyone), but I also want to publicly thank you. You are a great group!!! You have helped a lot! In an obituary (which I do not have) for Eva DICE, daughter of James Franklin DIES/DIAS/DISE, Eva was said to have been born in Laysville, LA. on Mar. 28, 1901. I now feel (thanks to the good people of the LA list) that it should have read LEESVILLE instead of LAYSVILLE. Leesville is in Vernon Parish, very near Alexandria. In 1901, when Eva DICE was born to James Franklin and Hattie (McCLANAHAN) DISE/DICE, this family was in Leesville. I don't know how long they were there, because James Franklin was travelling with a covered wagon minstrel show. He was a ventriloquist and a fiddler. He was my grandfather. About 1903, give or take a few years, in Louisiana, James Franklin DISE was sitting on the side of his bed and playing his fiddle, when he died (or so I am told). I need some sort of record of his death. Since he travelled, I'm not sure exactly where he died. It was no doubt in Louisiana, probably in or near LEESVILLE, LA. If any of you who live in LA have a book or cd of cemetery records, will you please check for me for James Franklin DICE? He was known to spell his name DIES, DISE, DYAS, and any other combinatioon of letters that sound the same. Do any of you know of newspapers that were published in that area around 1903 ? I wonder if it is possible to find a newspaper obit of his death? I would very much appreciate any help or advice about locating a record of his death. Thanks for any help, Jean On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, KaiteKaite wrote: > Hi... > Thought I would forward this to the DYESS group... > > kaite... >