This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/He.2ADI/313.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have the original birth cirtificates for Allen Chester Alexander DOB 1/22/1888 in Grundy County TN (my paternal grandfather), son of Allen Crockett Alexander born in Tenness mother Mary Roop, born in Indiana. I also have the original birth certificate of my father. Chester Alexander born Tracy City, TN (Grundy county), 10/4/1916 (my father) son A.C Alexander (as on BC) and Nell May Foster born Tracy City (Foster Falls actually), TN 5/16/1897-my grandmother (and I have a huge family tree for the Foster Family, spanning back to england and 1802. My father,he went by the name Allen C. Alexander or Allen Allen Alexander all his life, thinking Chester was his "middle name" until we dug up his original birth certificate, he was mortified..it was great fun calling him "Chester" as he thought himself a rather sophisticated man and Chester was NOT a sophisiticated name~ Dad have 4 sisters, he was the eldest. I am tracking down the Alexander 1/2 of my family tree as we have a very good collection of