Hi, I would like to correspond with researchers of the HYAMS family. My wife is descended from the HYAMS as follows: Moses Hyams m. Judith Isaacks Samuel Hyams b. 1766 Eng m. Miriam Levy d. 1843 Nachitiches, La Lt. Gov. Henry Michael Hyams b. 1806 Charleston, SC m. Laura Smith 1834 in St. Francisville, La and d. 1875 in New Orlearns, La Henry Michael Hyams, Jr b. 1846 Rapides Parish, La m. Augusta Montgomery Laura Hyams b. 1873 m. William Robinson Thomas in New Orleans, La d. 1937 in San Antonio, Tx My wife's father was also named William Robinson Thomas. I believe a number of Samuel Hyams descendents are still in Natchitoches. His son Samuel Myers Hyams b. 1813 in Charleston SC m. in 1836 in Natchitoches to Marie Emily Prudhomme d. 1869. A number of Hyams were buried in the Natchitoches Hebrew Cem and the American Cem. Bill Groce wgroce@mail.win.org or BillGroce@aol.com from St. Chales, MO