This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akin / Aiken, Alsbury, Barnes, Clark, Freeman, Friend, Gaskin / Gaston, Gates, Gentry, Head, Heredeth / Heredith, Howard, Howell, Ingram, Jasper, McGee, McNutt, Meaders / Meadows, Nunn, Purcell, Riggs, Tucker, Wadkins / Watkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1998 Message Board Post: All of the following surnames are associated with entries in a book of hair containing samples from more than 130 family members. The book was begun sometime in the late 1850s by my g-g-grandmother when she lived in Pike County, Illinois. Some family members had at one time been (or were still) residents of counties near Pike including Sangamon, Adams, Schuyler, etc; others moved to Iowa, Missouri or other “points west.” Some were probably descendants of a connection in earlier generations in either Virginia (now WV), Ohio and/or Indiana as the family migrated west (first settling in Illinois ca 1825). I am actively searching for information on the families represented in the book and need to identify some individuals to find the family connection. For more detailed information, contact me via e-mail – jenlane57@yahoo.com Akin(s) / Aiken Alsbury Barnes Clark Freeman Friend Gaskin / Gaston Gates Gentry Head Heredeth / Heredith Howard Howell Ingram Jasper McNutt Meaders / Meadows Nunn Purcell Riggs Tucker Wadkins / Watkins