This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Zg.2ADI/199.68.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Janice, I hope we are the same Thoms. I should be glad! I search for a long time but just this september I got the message that my GGgrandfather died in Illinois - Plum Hill (Venedy) His son Christoph Thoms married there with Wilhelmina oeltjendiers and they have Children. My friend found this in the churchbook of Ev. St. Johns Church, a written copy 1855 - 1875. My GGgrandfather: Heinrich Wilhelm Thomas -USA 1857 b. 15 sept 1794 - Barl 5 - Wehe + 6 sept 1870 Plum Hill - near Venedy - Illinois oo 4 dec 1816 - Rahden Anne Margarethe Marie Elisabeth Holste b. 29 nov 1795 - Pruissisch Ströhen + 1822 - Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) Child 1. Franz Heinrich Wilhelm -Holland 1855 {Gggrandfather} b. 10 mar 1817 - Wehe No 5 Barl (Ksp. Rahden W F) + 26 mar 1895 - Delft - Holland 2e oo 22 sept 1822 Rahden Anne Marie Christine Wilhelmine Hedemann -USA 1857 c. 21 jan 1801 Children 1. Christian Friederich c. 26 oct 1823 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) 2. Margarethe Wilhelmine E -USA 1859 c. 23 apr 1826 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) <526 Margaret Thoms 32 Female servant Germany to Missouri> Ship Magdalena - Bremen to New Orleans - arr. 5 nov 1859 Sc.: istg.rootsweb.com volume 4 3. Christian Friedrich Wilhelm -USA 1848 c. 1 feb 1829 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) 4. Christian Friederich -USA 1851 c. 7 nov 1830 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) 5. Christian Heinrich -USA 1857 c. 7 nov 1837 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) 6. Franz Wilhelm c. 11 dec 1839 Wehe No 5 Barl, (Ksp. Rahden W F) 7. Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm c. 6 feb 1842 -all born Wehe No 5 Barl,(Ksp. Rahden W F) I will be glad to hear if this are the one you look for. I researched in Germany and did find the family back to 1646 The farm is still in Wehe and I voisited it. If it's your family I can give you all the details. If no.. maybe you can give me a hand to find the others... I am the gggranddaugther of FHW who went to Holland. If I have more details I like to come to Illinois. Thank you for your reply. greetings from Mieke Thoms in Holland - Rotterdam My internetsite is almost ready, than you can receive an GEDcom.