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/Xgk.2ACEB/7914.1 Message Board Post: My father was George Thurman Jackson and I had a sister named Alice "Birdie" Jackson. My father was born in MO or TX. Could there be a connection or is "Burdie" correct? Just taking a chance to see if I can break down the brick wall. Lee