Following Robert MILLARDs post earlier this week about Fred THOMPSON, bells started ringing in Geoffro's head. Lo and behold in the sole surviving filing cabinet in the front room (Dawn has made me get rid of 2) I found some old notes of a christening I couldn't read in 1900 which led me to a pic of a gravestone and to Fred's son Ron THOMPSON who today lives in Yate. Fred was the base born son of Elizabeth THOMPSON born 1878 and William (?) BALL. Mr. BALL was from one of the Sodbury's. Does anybody know of these people. Fred's mum was Lavina Irene TOWNSEND born about 1901. Do we have any TOWNSEND researchers on this fantastic list ????? Ron THOMPSON is 4th cousin to Dawn and Doug and Marilyn and also a cousin to Cousin Bob but I haven't worked that one out yet. Thank you Robert. Geoffro The Pond Dipper