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/Xih.2ACEB/1358.3.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I also have Hays/Hayes in my past. They are from the Frankton area of Indiana. as far as I know no names you have listed here ring a bell for my search however I have the family Bible in hand from 1829 and half way through the name changes to Hayes from Hays. My grandfather said his grandfather changed it but never said why. I found the graveyard and sure enough the headstone is Hayes. I am real interested in any info anyone might have on Hays/Hayes from Madison Co. Indiana possibly others went to Illinois from where I found mine. George& Elsy (Little) Hays, children. Jacob, Rebecca,John,Nancy,George,Polly,Peter,Gary.