Tim, thank you for your interest and information on Thomas Marshall. Unfortunately, I seem to have been cursed with ancestors who had common surnames and then used common given names! I have discovered that there are LOTS of Thomas Marshalls out there, in various localities, representing many different lines. Sifting through them is, as you know, time consuming and frustrating. I tend to save everything in case I find out later that there really was a connection. But I have found out (with the help of a paid professional) that my Thomas Marshall was born in Baltimore County and lived there all his life. In fact, this particular Marshall line may go back quite a few generations in basically the same place. But not to be confused with the Thomas Marshall line of Calvert County, the Baltimore City Marshalls...or the Thomas Marshalls of Virginia or West Virginia, etc. Again, thanks, Tim. Your information goes into my "save just in case" file! Susan

Believe me, it isn't just the comoon names that can be difficult. Sometimes uncommon names can be too. My family contains the names Wimpling and Regler. There are 11 Wimplings in the SSDI and I am related to all of them and knew most of them. That is not just for Maryland, that is all over the country. I wish you luck on finding your Marshalls. Is has been frustrating but extremely interesting doing my research. Monica Mullikin >