This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lh.2ADE/1105.1140.1.1 Message Board Post: Chris, I am going to jump into the discussion here since I think we are going to connect a couple generations farther back. I am from the Albert Essex/Letha Hitchcock line which puts me in the Elmira Reed branch of the Reeds. I have a few photos of Reeds - my grandmother died a year and a half ago and I am still sorting through the ones I got (unfortunately, I did not get copies of all of them-it's a long story). I have a "Reed family picture" that I took to the Essex reunion this year in the hopes someone could identify anyone-but no luck. On the back of the photo it looks like Weed patch and 1917 possibly is on it along with the Reed family, but not sure. Not sure if you know any more about this family or have other photos we can compare, but I hope so. I also have some of the Hitchcocks, and more of the Essex. I haven't done much research on the Hitchcocks and Reeds yet-so you probably have more info than I do at this point. Diana