Hi: This person gave me permission to forward this to the Hinds list - it was on the Hines list. Regards Nan 71532.734@compuserve.com ======================================= Searching for information on a Thomas O. Hynes (Hines, Hinds, Hynds) from North Carolina. He was born Dec. 18, 1796 in North Carolina and had the following Children: Wm. J. (dob sept 22, 1854 and married Melissa Davis), Melissa Ellen Emmeline. Emmeline married John Savage and had a daughter named Mary Frances. Emmeline's second marriage to Alford Phillips in Catahoula Parish, La. had the following children: John(who became a minister, Charles H., Mary Toole, William Walter. These People landed up in or around Harrisonburg, Catahoula, La. Marilyn mjivy@aol.com