No-one so far has offered an opinion as to where LA HAYE was or if there were several such places. All I know is that there is a family history book in Salt Lake City LDS Library about the Colin, Coste and Delahay families of France which I mean to access when I can. I would be interested to know where it is as I have a DE LA HAYE ancestor in Limerick, Ireland whom I would like to trace back to France. To date I have only got back to 1730 in Limerick with this name. Some Irish descendants may have later shortened their name to Hayes. I see there are some of that name in Limerick. The extract from the Southampton Register whch Andrea has kindly just posted, contains a mention of a De La Haye who seems to have been a witness at the baptism of a child who died soon after? The letters 'tost" could be an abbreviation for tout de suite ( meaning immediately), I assume? I am now motivated to look at that register for other DE LA HAYES. The entry reads: 1640/1 janvier 24 (baptême) -- Judith, fille de Paul DOGIMAN. Tem. Guillaume BEAUME; Jeanne VERREZ, Marte DE LE HAYE. Morte tost apres. Barbara Holt in NZ

Sorry if I'm terribly niaive but I thought that La Haye was the French name for The Hague. Please set me right if I'm wrong Regards, Kaye Cole in Melbourne Barbara Holt wrote: > No-one so far has offered an opinion as to where LA HAYE was or if there