Hummmm, my grandmother being among the younger children of 13 was born in Nebraska. The older ones were born in Macoupin County...in the Palmyra area, by the early 1880's (the family left for Saline Co., NE in Fall of 1883.) I wished I knew how my great grand-parents pronounced it. I appreciate the pronunciation lesson on Macoupin. Now can anyone tell me how the surname of LAIR is pronounced. My grandmother pronounced it Lay-er. (Maude LAIR (dau. Samuel Thomas LAIR & Lydia "Angeline" CRAYS) Linda Arnold lara93@gateway.net