This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: collins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hkB.2ACE/4504.1 Message Board Post: I'm also looking for Collins of KY. my grandmother was Bessi Collins bornDec.18,1908 married Thomas Manley "TM" Laxton in Wyoming Co. WV. 1925.her mother was Maggie Fairchild father was George Collins The birth record is hard to read Ithink it say they were from Johnson Co.KY.my grandmother said she was born in Free Burn ,KY.Mye-mail is morris7631@yahoo.com.Ilive in WV.hope this helps us both