In a message dated 10/21/99 6:30:04 PM Central Daylight Time, sjwrest@swbell.net writes: << Laird, James Columbus m. Hulda Evelyn Rock 1 Oct 1905 Madison, Frederickton, Mo. >> Funny as it sounds, my grandfather always said his name was James "Columbus" Laird but his eldest daughter said he was joking. (Maybe it was wishful thinking.) He also claimed it was James Leroy Laird. He was often called Lee, otherwise was known as JC. What I'm wondering is, what was the source for this? Is that how he signed a document, or was this information submitted by someone? I snail-mailed an inquiry to someone named Terry Cooper in Las Vegas who had submitted information about them, but the address he/she left was old. The point of this is... who or what is the source? I'd love to know once and for all what that man's legal name was... Thanks! Bobbi Laird