--part1_fc4d97bb.24f19de6_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought I'd take a chance and send this on to the list after all.I'm going to do as you say,and look into the library.Thanks for replying and for your suggestions. --part1_fc4d97bb.24f19de6_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-za02.mx.aol.com (rly-za02.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.98]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:18:00 -0400 Received: from mailcity.com (7.0/25.236.1.209.in-addr.arpa [209.1.236.7]) by rly-za02.mx.aol.com (v60.25) with ESMTP; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:17:50 -0400 Received: from Unknown/Local ([?.?.?.?]) by mailcity.com; Sun Aug 22 05:51:07 1999 To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 05:51:07 -0700 From: "Charles Pierce" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: X-Sent-Mail: off Reply-To: X-Expiredinmiddle: true X-Mailer: MailCity Service Subject: Re: Pierce Genealogy X-Sender-Ip: 209.86.60.70 Organization: MailCity (http://www.mailcity.lycos.com:80) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There are several books on J. James - (The Life and Times of Jessee is one of them, go to your local library and ask her to search their lib. files on the computer for you. Also I would check the "Census" information and the "Town History" (the Historical Society for that area has prob. written tons of books on that subject, so check those. I think this would be something of great interest to all on the Pierce-L list as well. Let me know what you find out, I think this is a great family to research. Chuck -- On Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:57:18 Irishlas50 wrote: >I don't have much to go on with my husband's Pierce family,because his Dad >was on his own since he was 16,and the family was scattered all over the US.I >feel foolish asking this question to the Pierce list,so I'll try you first.My >father inlaw was born in Tracey,Minnesota,in 1918,Wilbur Dale Pierce.His >mother was a Draper and his father,Albert Pierce.What I wanted to ask >was,have you ever heard that there was a Pierce family living next to Jesse >James and his family?My husband grew up hearing that they were called the >"Pierce Boys"and that they were involved with Jesse James' crimes,and that >they used the James house to hide out in.We don't know if it's fact or >fiction,and we certainly aren't proud if it's true,but we're looking for >anything that might help us find the names of his ancestors,and if there is >anything in print,we could read about it.My father's mother was abandoned by >his father early on,and no one knows where the father went.I know they had >relatives in New York State,near Syracuse.My father inlaw's uncle,Dale Pierce >took him in and used him to work on his farm,and after Wilbur Dale had had >enough,he decided to be a hobo,and he traveled all over the US by hopping >trains,till he went into the Marines.I can post some names to the list,but >very little is known such as dates,on this family.I wonder if it's a waste of >time.My children would like to know more about their Pierce >background,whatever it may be. > Darlene Kerins Pierce > Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.com --part1_fc4d97bb.24f19de6_boundary--