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/ZSk.2ACIB/72.81.106.309.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather's name was Tom Alex and they called him Alec. I can't remember if he had a brother named William but I know he had an uncle and a cousin named William. My family came to Boone County Missouri in the 1820's. Let me know where they came from or if you know of any that came to Missouri. My folks came from Virginia.