Is more detail available from US records such as census, naturalisation and passenger lists. Paul ________________________________ From: Ronald E. Schultz <leutsch@sonic.net> To: devon@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 18:41 Subject: [DEV] Introduction I am new on this list as I just subscribed yesterday. I am sure my first question is very routine.  All I have is some basic information about my ancestor.  His name was Henry Thomas and born in May 1808 or 1809.  His obituary of 1891 stated that he was from Devonshire.  I have as of this date no information on his parents or location of parish where baptism records might be kept.  I do not even know if Thomas is a common last name in Devon.  Could someone write to let me know the first steps in beginning my search.  I thank you in advanced. -- Ronald E. Schultz 3970 Joy Road Occidental, CA  95465 leutsch@sonic.net ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello: A bit more about Henry Thomas. I have not found his immigration records to the US, but it seems that he might have become around 1834. He married in New York State and began a family here with first child born Jan 1837. His wife was from NY state. I did go onto familysearch and found a Henry Thomas born 21 May 1809 in Roborough by Torrengton, Devon. He was the son of William and Agnes. I also found four other children born in same town and same parents. I found parents married 23 Mar 1800 in Yarnscombe, Devon. Agnes Heale was brides name. As US records said he was born in May 1809 this looks promising. How can one go about proving that this is the correct person? > > I am new on this list as I just subscribed yesterday. I am sure my > first > question is very routine.  All I have is some basic information about > my > ancestor.  His name was Henry Thomas and born in May 1808 or 1809.  His > obituary of 1891 stated that he was from Devonshire.  I have as of this > date no information on his parents or location of parish where baptism > records might be kept.  I do not even know if Thomas is a common last > name in Devon.  Could someone write to let me know the first steps in > beginning my search.  I thank you in advanced. > > -- > Ronald E. Schultz > 3970 Joy Road > Occidental, CA  95465 > > leutsch@sonic.net > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Ronald E. Schultz 3970 Joy Road Occidental, CA 95465 leutsch@sonic.net

http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html A good site from Roy Stockdill. Welcome to the club... Devon-L. Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: Ronald E. Schultz Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:46 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Henry Thomas Hello: A bit more about Henry Thomas. I have not found his immigration records to the US, but it seems that he might have become around 1834. He married in New York State and began a family here with first child born Jan 1837. His wife was from NY state. I did go onto familysearch and found a Henry Thomas born 21 May 1809 in Roborough by Torrengton, Devon. He was the son of William and Agnes. I also found four other children born in same town and same parents. I found parents married 23 Mar 1800 in Yarnscombe, Devon. Agnes Heale was brides name. As US records said he was born in May 1809 this looks promising. How can one go about proving that this is the correct person? > > I am new on this list as I just subscribed yesterday. I am sure my > first > question is very routine. All I have is some basic information about > my > ancestor. His name was Henry Thomas and born in May 1808 or 1809. His > obituary of 1891 stated that he was from Devonshire. I have as of this > date no information on his parents or location of parish where baptism > records might be kept. I do not even know if Thomas is a common last > name in Devon. Could someone write to let me know the first steps in > beginning my search. I thank you in advanced. > > -- > Ronald E. Schultz > 3970 Joy Road > Occidental, CA 95465 > > leutsch@sonic.net > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Ronald E. Schultz 3970 Joy Road Occidental, CA 95465 leutsch@sonic.net ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message