Have you tried a web search using St. Louis World's Fair 1904 mandolin? I came up with a whole bunch of stuff and didn't have time to check it all out. I think the mandolin was quite popular then and there may have been a number of groups who used it at the fair. Roy Johnson Researching Schnake/Schnacke in Kreis Minden (Westfalen/Westphalia) and worldwide http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake -----Original Message----- From: MARIANDGEN@aol.com [mailto:MARIANDGEN@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:20 AM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the musician was in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g grandfather was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know who it was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed down in my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure was!) Marian ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237