An occasional roll call is a good idea. I've been on this list for several years. Through it, I learned that the HILL family I'm researching is actually a HILLS family. However, my particular line dropped the "S" following the Civil War. I've stayed on this HILL list in addition to the HILLS list because I imagine some other HILL families might also have had this happen, and I'm hoping to learn more about my family. Briefly, here is my line. Information is sketchy because I don't currently have access to all the names and dates due to a computer crash. I have hard copies and will pull them out if the data here jives with someone else's so we can compare. Ebenezer B. Hills, son of Ebenezer Hills and Mary Brunson. E.B. was born in Connecticut and probably died in Ohio in the mid-1840s. Ebenezer and Mary moved from Connecticut to Watervliet, NY in the early 1800s. Father and son served in the War of 1812 (do not have access to particular unit at this time). Around 1815, E.B. moved to Lewis County, NY. Married Hannah UNKNOWN, but don't know where marriage occurred. E.B. and Hannah had several children. In early 1831, they sold their property in Lewis County and moved to Erie County, OH. I know only two of their children's names. Sophia and James Melvin. Here is where I lose track of E.B. I've been unable to find a record of his death, but he doesn't appear on any records that I've found following the 1840 census. I found Hannah with her daughter Sophia and her family. They moved from Ohio to Michigan to Northern California, where Hannah and Sophia are buried. If I recall correctly, Sophia died in childbirth. This is in the timeframe 1850-1880. James Melvin is my ancestor. James was married to Sarah M. Patch in Erie County, OH. James was born in Lewis County, NY in 1817 and died in (I think) 1867. Sometime between 1845-1850, James and Sarah moved to Louisiana. They lived in three different parishes, but I think rather than moving, the parishes evolved around them: Sabine, Vernon, and Rapides. In the civil war, James and his son Melvin Bruce Hills served in a Louisiana company (militia I think but not sure). M.B. was a private and James was a conscript. James and Sarah had several children. Melvin Bruce is my ancestor, and I have information on most of his children. Another child was Cora Adelia Hills (also born in Ohio) who married Frank Bolgiano. I have information on their line, as well. I don't currently have access to the rest of their children's names, but all were born in Louisiana. I know there was Jesse, Eddie, Sarah (who died as an infant), and Annamore. Melvin Bruce Hills was married to Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in Mississippi. M.B. was born in Erie County, OH in the mid-1840s, died in Texas. He is the person who dropped the S. If any of this sounds familiar to anyone, I would love to hear from you. Carol Carol Kilgore www.carolkilgore.net -----Original Message----- From: Pope1966@aol.com [mailto:Pope1966@aol.com] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:50 AM To: HILL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HILL-L] Roll Call: Green Berry Hill One of the other lists I belong to did a roll call to list names we were researching. Thought it would be a good idea to do this on the Hill site too.