This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riggs & Byrd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSDBAIB/1264 Message Board Post: I am the Ggranddaughter of RACHEL MARINDA [ RIGGS ] BYRD [ b.9/Oct/1855 in Denton Co.,TX.] & REV. PLEASANT WESLEY BYRD [b.26/Aug/1847 in Ala.] . I am trying to find info. about them, we know very little and my hope is that there are family members on the RIGGS side of the family that could give me info.. Maybe even have pictures of their children, mainly my GRANDPA ,WILLIAM ZADOK or ZEDOK BYRD [b.09/April/1873] and his family,wife MINNIE BELL [TEAGUE] BYRD, their children, HENRY HARLIE, JEWELL, and my dad IRA SYLVESTER [b.1894]and their other children, names are unknown. PLEASANT was a Methodist Preacher in Chico,Wise County,Texas. We know quite a bit about PLEASANT but know very little about RACHEL & her children.PHOTOS PLEASE. You can e-mail me at [ [email protected] ] . Thanks a bunch, Linda