Actually, Nancy dear, I'm a 7th generation Missourian (correctly spelled Missourian but pronounced Miz-her'-uhn from the state of Missouri - and that's pronounced Miz-her'-ee and not be confused with Misery pronounced Miz'-er-ee) married to a native (5th generation) Texan (pronounced Teks-uhn) with family in Texas dating back to the 1860s. I had family fight on both sides; Mike's were all Confederates. - Texians (Teks-ee-uhns) is what the people who lived in Texas when it was a part of Mexico and then later as a Republic were called. Texans (Teks-uhns - or sometimes Tak-suns depending on what part of Tay-uhks-sus you're from) are from the state of Texas. Therefore, with the exception of a few deluded groups out towards El Paso who fail to recognize that Texas forever gave up its right to become a Republic again after the Civil War, there are no longer any Texians, native or otherwise. - And to tie that into Missouri in the Civil War? The capital of the Confederate Missouri was Marshall, Texas. Fondly, SharonW who's been in the Dallas area since early 1981 -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Beck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MO-CW] To the Victors go the spoils To the Missouruhn, need to pull out that old dusty dictionary dear. >From a 3 generation "Texian". (native born Texan in case you don't know what Texian means): Texuhns is correctly spelled Texan. Fondly, Nancy from Texas ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== MO-CW Mailing List Homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~DesotoJoe1/index-13.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237