gedcom is fine. Mary McBroom? Hayse, widow of Edmond, married James James after the death of Edmond. Her daughter Mary Anne Hayse married James Monroe James (her step brother) a year later. James and James Monroe are my direct lines. However James Monroe James married Margaret Jane Carroll after the death of Mary Anne Hayse James. My grandfather, Elmer James James was the oldest child by the second marriage. My cousin and good buddy from school days is descended from James Monroe and Mary Ann Hayse James. through Emily that married Alexander Donovan Williams. Alex William's cousin and friend was Louis Berkley. The only clue we had to the lines of Alex was through the Berkley family. Thank you for any information that you can share. Do you want any information on the James family or what we have on the Williams and Berkley families. Malinda