This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TOMPKINS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XW.2ADI/666 Message Board Post: Might anyone have a copy of this article? I believe Sarles "Searles" TOMPKINS was born 1822 near Duanesburgh, Scheneckady Co, NY and moved with family to Van Buren Co, IA abt 1839. 1850 Census - Farmington, Van Buren Co, IA, pg 310 [ with bro. Levi TOMPKINS 38 NY ] "Charles" TOMPKINS 28 NY The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles Bussert, Wendell. "Searles Tompkins." Siskiyou Pioneer 5:1(1978): 49-50. (From Iowa, overland, 1852) 1870 Census - Scott River Twp, Siskiyou Co, CA TOMPKINS Searles 48 NY Miner 1880 Census - Scott River, Siskiyou Co, California, pg 234 D Searls TOMPKINS Self S Male W 57 NY Farmer NY NY Any help would be much appreciated, Richard L. Rounds