That reminds me of what my husband told me when I first started looking into his family tree...I asked him what his mom's (Edith Hall Spencer) parents name were. He said "Grandma and Grandpa Hall". I told him, No....I need their names...and he repeated "Grandma and Grandpa Hall"... I said "You don't know what your grandma and grandpa's names were????" He repeated "grandma and grandpa Hall". By now I'm getting frustrated <grin> and mumbling under my breath and I told him "Well that's great! I shouldn't have any trouble getting their names....I'm sure I'm going to find them listed on the census as 'Lonnie's grandma and grandpa Hall'." About that time I looked over at him and he was standing there grinning like the cat that done ate the canary!!! I never did get him to give me their names, I just figured he really didn't know. I never asked him another thing about his family. (I did live to regret that as you'll see later) The next time we went down to West Plains to visit with his mom, she gave them to me and more! She gave me her grandpa and Grandma' names too. (James Henderson Hall and Sarah Collier Hall) There is so much more that I would like to ask her now that I've got a little more experience with this family tree business, but she's gone now and I've been stuck on Henderson Hall for a long time now. I THINK his mom's name was Rebecca and John Hall. I've been working on them off and on for about 10 years now, and one night I was laying in bed going over outloud, talking to myself really, what I had found out that day and I said something like Rebecca and John Hall, I think was Henderson's parents....and Lonnie said Yeah. That's what their names were...I just about dropped my teeth! I looked at him and he said John and Rebecca Hall was the names of his grandpa. I told him...you're not talking about you mom's dad are you? His name was John Thomas Hall and he said "You're talking about his grandpa aren't you? I said Yes...that's who I'm talking about....and he said "Their names were John and Rebecca Hall"....I couldn't believe it! I asked him why he didn't tell me that before and he just shrugged....I could have pinched his head off! I've been fighting that for 10 years and he knew all along! We've been married almost 20 years now though....I think I'll keep him. <grin> Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.J." <zwillow@fgi.net> To: <HALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Why we do it! Hi Hall; I just have to tell you my experience I ask an Uncle for my Grandmother and Grandfather Mother and Father. His mother was a Hall, his dad mother was a Hall, he told someone I was getting to personal. About Two years later I ran across some one on line, and I knew that he lived in the same area so I said do you know any thing about this family? He send me three pages ., and I was getting to personal.. Jean