This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3670.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: As you have probably found reseaching the Spears / Speers /Speer line is challenging. Alfred is listed in the 1910 census as Sameul A Speer. Please contact me at my email Juliusstr42@earthlink.net we can determine what I have that is of use to you.