This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hail Hale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GKB.2ACE/1737.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello again: Thanks for your help. Who is this cousin and how does he know Reuben Hail/Hale? Please let me know what your cousin knows about Reuben...it is very hard to find out anything about Reuben-especially who his parents were. I have seen papers Reuben signed at the county archives. He spelled it, "Hail", so that is how I spell it for him. The children who stayed in Greene/Christian County, Missouri chaged it to "Hale". Reuben's children who moved to California to this day spell it, "Hail". Please give my email address to your cousin if you would like. It would be wonderful to find out how this cousin knows about Reuben. Thanks brian in springfield missouri