Hi Carolyn, I'm not sure if our Holmes family was connected to the Hatfields & McCoys for sure, but as a child my grandfather would tell us stories and say that we were related to them. My grandfathers family was from Washington Co., PA (near the panhandle of W. Va.). My grandfathers parents were John Henry Smith b. 1862 in Buffalo, NY, and his mother was Lydia Jane HOLMES, born 8-1-1865 (her death certificate says in Lock Haven, PA., but I have no verification that was where she was born). Her parents were Seth Holmes and Sarah Dora Kennelley. Paula Chodacki buckskin@ees.eesc.com URL: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/o/Paula-L-Chodacki/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <HOLMES-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <HOLMES-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:00 AM Subject: HOLMES-D Digest V00 #195