Thanks Mike! I will look for those in the indices tomorrow. -Doc On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:53:33 GMT, "MikeS" <[email protected]> appears to have written: >> "Doc Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I found a note in a family bible that simply says "Hie Inman - 1851". >> > >> > Is Hie a complete christian name or is it an abbreviation or nickname >> > for some other name? With a surname of Inman it may be a German >> > christian name. > >I can't answer your question whether this is a proper name/proper Christian >name. However, doing a first name search on ancestry.com for the name "Hie" >resulted in the following: > >Search Results: Hie > > New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 15 > Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s 2 > > Census Records 383 matches > > 1930 United States Federal Census 96 > 1920 United States Federal Census 78 > 1880 United States Federal Census 59 > 1870 United States Federal Census 50 > California Census, 1790-1890 23 > > Birth, Marriage, & Death Records 351 matches > > Social Security Death Index 52 > Westminster Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers 29 > Bartholomew County, Indiana Index to Birth Records, 1883-1920, Volume I >22 > Wells County, Indiana Index to Death Records, 1883-1920 18 > Clinton County, Indiana Index to Birth Records, 1882-1920, Volume I-II 16 > view all 351 Birth, Marriage, & Death Records results > > Military Records 168 matches > Kentucky Civil War Union Volunteers 52 > War of the Rebellion 48 > Kentucky Confederate Volunteers 24 > Connecticut, Adjutant-General Report, 1901 6 > Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812 5 > view all 168 Military Records results >> > > Immigration & Naturalization Records 89 matches > Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727-76 44 > New York Chinese Exclusion Index 17 > New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891 15 > Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, >1907-1924 3 > Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s 2 > view all 89 Immigration & Naturalization Records results >> > >