Hi. I received the following from a nonsubscriber and wondered if any of you have information on this family? The brother of my maternal direct line Benjamin Hodges was Samuel Harvey Hodges who married the sister of my paternal direct line James Albert Shirley. They were all born in Virgina and migrated to Kentucky in the early 1800s....but I haven't researched all of the collateral families so there is always the possibity of another connection. My gg grandfather was Paul Shirley born in Glasgow KY in 1828 and went to California in 1849. connie Falls Church VA. ~~~snip In a message dated 8/2/99 9:37:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, VOLTAGE888 writes: << I found your site on aol and was interested to see that you had Hodges-Shirley connections in your family. My husband's great-great grandfather was James I Hodges (1830-1897) from Kentucky who married Mary Jane Shirley(1842-1910). They traveled to California and first settled in the Sonora area. In the 1870's they moved to Hollister CA, where the Hodges family still can be found. If any of this information connects to your research, please let me know. >>