Hobbits?

[Anárion Cúthalion]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

Well, considering Hobbits did not journey westward over the Misty Mountains until well into the 3rd Age, it is unlikely any Elves of the Sindar or Noldor races (those for whom the histories of the 1st Age were written) were even aware of the halflings previous to the 3rd Age (or cared much at all at that point).

Some very good points. I wish that I was able to get to this sooner. But it is said in the prologue of the Fellowship of the Ring that halfings are closer in kinship with men that elves or dwarves, yet it seems that they remain a race apart. Tolkien, it seems, loved to leave people with riddles that can never be solved.

That is, unless I'm an over-analyzer.