Aaah, my dream to find long losts. I have one, who yielded a large family to me, and two more generations. but I persist. I know there are more out there, especially on my Hayes side. Interestingly, a lot of the branches that I have now did not produce many generations. My father's father's generation had 5 children. My great-uncle had two daughters, one died early, never married, and the other was born with some disability and never married. The 3 sisters never married, one a nun and 2 teachers. And the generation before that, close to the same thing, with loads of priests and nuns mixed in. My mother's paternal grandfather had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. One sister had children who had children and I am trying to locate them. But, the last name was Call and two were girls, so that makes it harder. I do yahoo people searches and then send out letters. That's how I found my one long lost. And I did the same thing in Staffordshire, trying to locate my Hayes line. I had one lovely man reply that we aren't connected, but he would be happy to go around to cemeteries and whatnot and look for things for me. Haven't heard back, but who knows. He could have woken up this morning and gone to the cemetery in Rugeley. I always hold out hope.
Kathleen
