At 04:21 PM 1/4/99 -0600, [email protected] wrote: >As all of us with James in our families, have probably heard that we >were somehow related to the famous Jesse James. I know our family >stories say so, but I have not been able to find any connections at all. That was true in our family too. We were told that we were related to Jesse James through our Mary James who is the daughter of Edward Victor James of Lancaster, PA. However, what I've been able to find is that Mary had a BROTHER named Jesse James, who moved to Indiana. Haven't researched further than that as this Jesse was born almost 50 years before the outlaw Jesse James. But family historians still say that we definitely are related to him, so, who knows for sure??? Good luck to all of us searching these James. Cathy Have a wonderful day! Cathy Baker -- [email protected]