This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hicks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cei.2ACEB/2657.1 Message Board Post: I have just recently found my Hicks.I am going to visit them on Sept.28-2002 and stay with them for a week.I thought that I would never find them.They are all mostly in Mo.They originated from Overton Tenn. The reason I am writing to you is because I am still missing the main one I am looking for.Her name is Violet she and my father were separated at the age of 3 and 5.I have so much information coming to me with new names everyday.I have a Bonnie in my line but the age does not match up to yours.However they had my Violet being born in 1922 and she was born arond 1932.They did not know that my father was ever born.They had a Nance Hicks born in 1934 but did not know anything except that he had been adopted.Well the people they had listed as his adopted parents were my Grandparents,but they never adopted him they raised him and he changed his name leagally to Johnston himself.Until after the death of my Father in 1999 I always that that my grandmother had adopted my Father,b! ut in the obit.she was listed as his foster mother.When I asked her why it read that way she said it was a misprint.What I am getting to is that she lied to me my whole life about everything. I am a person that tells it the way it is and would not keep such important matters from my children or anybody that was looking for their family.I am going right down by Poplar Bluff and if I run across anything that mathes the names and the dates you need I will let you know.I know how it feels for people to lie to you and keep such an important part of your life a secret.E-mail me if you [email protected]