This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dragonriders118 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.reid/1659.2.4.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I may have clouded the water here. I know of Jane Reid's connection to the McCollum family, but I don't have any evidence connecting her to the Reids of Jackson County AL. I would very much like to find if there is a connection. That would "double connect" my Mother's and Father's families. My earliest records are of Joseph B. Reid who married Isabella Slavin born c1785 in NC. The family moved first to Kentucky then to Estill Fork in Jackson County AL. prior to 1850. The census of 1850 is the first hard record that I have. I am decended from Joseph and Isabella's son Alexander Reid who married Mary Ann Trice. I have most of the families decent from them to my grandmother's siblings, and some below that. The chase continues and the trail is hot! John McCollum Green dragonriders@mchsi.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.