Trying to help someone with their family. He is researching the Bates family in Alabama. His grandfather was Willie Hugh Melborne Bates and he married Sept. 1929 he thinks in Mobile. But he has been told that he was born in Alabama City, Etowah County, Alabama. He married Lois Purser Givens. He thinks that Willie Hugh Melborne died in New Orleans, LA. If you know anything on this family or anyone that is relatived to the family, please contact me so can help this person. Thanks Gail Brown DON'T FORGET THE NORTHEAST ALABAMA GENEALOGICAL WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL ANCESTRY SWAP MEET JUNE 21, 2003, PLEASE MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THIS MEET. LOTS MORE RECORDS ARE BEING ADDED TO THE FAMILY FILES DAILY. THE SPEAKER WILL BE DON SHADBURN FROM NORTH GEORGIA. God Bless you and Yours