Don't have any connections, but presumably you know of
http://www.hales.org?
I found my Hales ancestors there back many centuries!
Andrew in Bristol
Hi.
Excellent though Kenneth Glyn HALES' American web site is, Diane is unlikely to find
her ancestors there.
It only lists HALES, (with an 'S'), but no HALE names. (He's quite specific
about that.)
There's a site closer to home, in Gloucestershire, with 84 pages of HALE names,
including Diane's ancestors.
Here they are in 1851 :
HALE John 35 Coal Miner Sladdwell East Dean
HALE Eliza 34 Lydbrook
HALE John 6 Day Scholar East Dean
HALE Moses 2 East Dean
HALE Mary 10 Scholar East Dean
HALE Thomas 3m East Dean
HALE Mary 78 Mother Widow Ruardean
Wool Spinner
HALE Richard 32 Lodger Widower Sladdwell
Coal Miner
RUDGE John 21 Lodger Coal Miner
Cheers,
Glyn Hale
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HALE Family History
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/ghale
Chalford Hill, Gloucestershire, England