This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xih.2ACEB/585.625.650.691.700.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Shirley....David...are you still out there? I have been researching my gr'grandfather James Valentine (Volney) HAYS (b. 1843) for some time now. He and some of his family were from the Carmi, White Co. ILL areas, as well as into IN (Spencer/Warrick Co's). Volney's son, my gr'father Jesse B. HAYES, b. Carmi in 1880 then the family moved back to Spencer Co. Some HAYS' stayed in White Co. ILL. Looks like the ones that came back to IN changed the spelling...put the 'E' in HAYS. THESE are the HAYS families that are giving me all of my problems in trying to locate. Volney m. a Melvina FORTUNE, of Spencer Co, IN. Melvina's dad was Wm. P. FORTUNE (b. 1828 in Spencer Co. IN), son of Williamson, and so on back down the line. Other names in this group include JONES, MOORE, COCKEREL, BAKER, POLK(E), Hope there is someone out there with info on Volney's family...parents, siblings, etc. Tks in advance, Craig HAYES