This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bates ,Dykes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ya.2ADI/125.348.2 Message Board Post: Hello Nancy, I have a relative of yours who would be very interested in hearing from you He is the ggggrandson of Nathaniel Bates and Lou Dykes. His email address is hdavis24@bellsouth.net . I have been trying to help him trace this line. Brenda Ross