This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kniss Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RJB.2ACI/285.1.1.1 Message Board Post: No relation. I happen to have a book, History of Rock and Pipestone Counties in which there are several biographies. There also happens to be a picture of Pierce Kniss that I will scan and send.