Sue, I'm glad your post didn't make it to the original "lister." I've only recently started looking into my HYDE ancestors and I believe your information will be a help to me. My ancestor, according to notes given to me by a cousin, was Samuel HYDE who came to New London, Conn. As a child, I'm 63 now, my aunt always said our family could be "traced back to the HYDEs of Hyde Park, England." My mother always dismissed this. She wasn't impressed by what she thought was her sister's grab at high born ancestors. I am absolutley hooked on finding my ancestors. I feel it is like solving the world's greatest mystery. Judy, in NC (formerly of MA) Researching: Pinney, Packard, Crawford, Piercy, See, Barden, Bradford, Etheridge, George, Hatch, Alden, Frost, White, Buckland, Hyde, Eastman. All in New England. I trace my family history so I will know who to blame.......