This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HALE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1737.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Brian, Your very welcome,,I asked my cousin that is related to the Hale's and he said to his knowledge none of them spelled thier name "Hail",,they all went by Hale ,,but of course spellings changed alot over the years but he was familiar with a Rueben Hale,,