I don't know much about the Hill side of my family. My
grandfather Fred Edward Hill (death certificate listed his birthdate as
"12/23/1900" and date of death as "June 24, 1955" ) and his older
brother ( Richard Hill ) ran away from home at an early age and were
discovered walking down a road in rural Madison County near Canton,
Mississippi in the early 1900s. A family adopted them and most of
Fred's descendants (including myself), ane have lived in the central
Mississippi area since those days. He never talked about where he and
his brother had run away from nor did he provide the names of his
parents or relatives. Perhaps there are clues in the names he gave his
own children. Yet, on the brother's death certificate he listed the
name of their parents as "James E. Hill" and Mother's maiden name as
"Mary Howard" ( no birth or death dates on either person ). On his own
death cert. are the same two names for his parents as well as the place
of his own birth ( Fred's ) as Madison County, Mississippi.
Perhaps, eventually, the wonderful work that's being done by
Family Tree DNA and the Hill Project coordinators will help reveal to us
that which he could not. I've done a little amateur investigation over
the years but now I'm inspired to have a skilled professional work on
the case. Thanks again and I'll be glad to be of assistance,