This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: berkshneider,bergschneider,brockschneider,beers,robinson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4555/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to unlock family mystery, found out my grandmothers' name was Alberta Mary Francis Beers, but she had always told us her name was Alberta Francis (Berkschneider,bergschneider,brockschneider, not sure of spelling). We know she had a brother named Leonard Beers, maybe a sister named Donna or Diana, and that she was born in Missouri. Was given info, but not conf., that her father was Bert Beers, born in Nebraska, and mom, Clara M. Beers or Margaret C. Beers, born in Illinois. Her son, my dad, Ronald Robinson is elderly, and not doing well, and was trying to solve this riddle for him. Can anyone help? Thank you, Cynthia Fischelli