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/YVW.2ACEB/2929.2966.2963.2972.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, i hit the enter button by accident.My grandfather William L Fisher is a mystery to us. My dad had said that my great grandfather was blind(i don't know when he went blind.)We do not know alot about our line, because my grandfather never really talked about his family. The only thing my dad said was that his grandfather (William Sr.) was blinded and that he was not a very nice man he verbally and possibly physically abused his wife and son(my grandfather).They lived in Lauderdale co. AL My grandfather according to his marriage, death and SS application, was born July 20 1913. Father listed as William and Mother listed as Callie Price.I am not sure but Callie could be short for Caroline?So maybe Carrie? I found a family on the 1920 census for Lauderdale co. Saint Florian district in AL Fisher, William white, head , age 54 -----Carrie P wife age 47 -----William L son age 6 I am wondering if this could be my connection. It fits well with my grandfather's age at the time. William Sr. according to the census, was born in TN, Carrie was born in MS and William L. was born in Alabama. Does anyone have any info on this family? If anyone has any info on this Fisher family, i am very interested in finding out more information! Like i said before, my grandfather was a big mystery, he hardly talked about his side of the family. ALso, I don't know when this happened, but my grandfather changed his last name from Fisher to "Neeley" sometime before 1937, when he married my grandmother. We know that he was in prison as a young man, but we do not know what for, or what prison!I am guessing the change in last name came as soon as he was out of prison, maybe he killed someone or did some heinous crime that he was ashamed of and changed his identity. The blindness msg really caught my eye!There has to be a connection somewhere, its just too much of a conicidence! Please e-mail me! I have been searching for at least 7 years with this. Thanks Teresa digginitya@yahoo.com