Dear Mr. King, We had already exchanged ideas earlier, but I wanted to point out that the 1880 Census notes that Joseph was born in RI and that his parents where also born there. Does the 1860 and 1870 census say CT instead? Was he alive in 1900? I looked at the 1850 Census to see the state of birth and it can be regarded as State omitted or as a ditto from the previous family. So I looked at their oldest child Warren (10 in 1850) in the 1880 Census and it notes that he was born in RI as well as his mother. Keep in mind that the information may have been given by another family member too. Still you may want to check to see what the other children said and also do a search in RI. 1880 Census Place: Bozrah, New London, Connecticut Source: FHL Film 1254108 National Archives Film T9-0108 Page 536C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Joseph L. THOMPSON Self M M WH 61 RI Occ: Farmer Fa: RI Mo: RI Harell THOMPSON Wife F M WH 66 RI Occ: Keeping House Fa: RI Mo: RI Asa D. FITCH Other M S WH 60 CT Fa: CT Mo: CT ------------------------------------------------- ensus Place: Stonington, New London, Connecticut Source: FHL Film 1254108 National Archives Film T9-0108 Page 426A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Warren THOMPSON Self M M W 40 RI Occ: R.R. Conductor Fa: CT Mo: RI Lucretia A. THOMPSON Wife F M W 38 CT Occ: House Keeping Fa: CT Mo: CT Wm. R. THOMPSON Son M S W 11 CT Fa: RI Mo: CT Albert W. THOMPSON Son M S W 9 CT Fa: RI Mo: CT ------------- As far as the newspapers go, I have already past along to you a list of newspapers for the years needed in the Stonington area. I found many in CONSULS. If you are looking to purchase your own copy, the CT State Library can tell you the microfilm manufacturer for a particular paper. If it is hard for you to come to CT, you may want to try the National Archives in Pittsfield, MA too. http://www.archives.gov/index.html Good Luck with your research. Deb Tajmajer Census Lookup Volunteer Member <A HREF="http://www.usgenweb.com/">The USGenWeb Project - Home Page</A> http://www.usgenweb.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 7/9/2002 6:45:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > After all these years, I am still on the lookout for > Joseph Loomer Thompson born 1821 in CT someplace. I have just completed > a complete review of the North Stonington vital records but didn't find > anything on Robert Thompson. I also looked through my Thompson database > for New London county for this period and didn't find anything but I will > continue to look and if I find anything, I will post it to the list. > The only thing I can find right now is for a Robert Thompson who married > a Susannah ___ and had Anne, Esther and Giles all born in Voluntown in > the 1790s. > I will keep looking in the future, > Charlie King > gg grandson of Joseph Loomer Thompson > born 1821 someplace in CT prob. in New London Co >