This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.cumberland/2280.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you have anything that connects Bailey b1833 with the James you mention? I think he might be Bailey's brother but I have nothing tying them together other than time and location. There were both a James and a Bailey that served in union KY units during the Civil War and they enlisted in the same place, but I don't have any other info on James. I have a lot of info on Bailey including census records and his death certificate but nothing about his parents or siblings, which is what I've after. Yes, Polly was a very common nickname for Mary during that time in that area. Hope this helps in some way, Thom Owens