Posted on: Llano County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Llano/10428 Surname: Cowan, Risinger, Samford, Edwards, Thorp, Nobles ------------------------- Mr. McCoy -- I just returned from Texas with a great deal of genealogical information about the Risingers and Smalleys, including some great original source material. I took my scanner with me and brought back quite a few images as well, including records from one of the old Risinger Bibles. I do have photos of Cynthia E. Smalley Risinger, William Risinger, his wife Sarah Josephine Barnett Risinger (William's second wife -- she is a sister of your Adelia Barnett Risinger from Llano County), and William's first wife, Emily Barnett (who apparently was NOT related, or at least not closely related to Josephine and Adelia Barnett. Some of the photos are from old tintypes. But the one with William Risinger, Sarah Barnett Risinger and Cynthia Smalley come from a large portrait (16X10) made from a photograph of the family outside the Risinger family homestead near Lake Victor, Texas, taken prior to 1905 and hand tinted. I scanned the individual people in the portrait at a high resolution, and they came out quite well. There are no negatives available. I also came across William Risinger's application for a Confederate Veteran's Pension from the State of Texas, which contained quite a bit of information about where he was from, and the unit he served in. Ryan Cowan rycowan@mediaone.net