This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allison Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5974 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate my Grandfathers birth records, He was born in Illinois, I only know him as George Mann Allison, born Feb. 6th 1901, Sometime in the past there was a name change, he always told us not to reseach past him, to stop at him, well I am not one to heed that warning I want to know whats up, His wife's name was changed also, I only know her as Gertie Mae Allison, born Dec. 24 1900, as far as I know about her she was born in Mississippi ?? they had 5 children, Buddy Eugene, Harold, Lorraine, Bill, and Dorothy Mae, being the youngest, My grand mother was from the Black Forest of Holland, {so I am told} My grand father was from England. Thanks so ever much Donna