In my list of surnames that I posted yesterday, I referred to a strange twist. I was recently interviewing (AKA picking the brain) of my mother to get her family background. It seems that she talked very little about her mother's side and I had forgotten most of what she had said over the years. I was reviewing what little I had of my father's ancestors; William C. WHITE born in 1837 in Lenox, NY, (?) moved with his family to Lindenwood and married Anetta STRANG, dod May 12, 1892 Mom was astounded! I had forgotten that her mother, Jesse Josephine THOMPSON, dob Apr 9, 1895 d/o Inger Risting Melhus and Jacob THOMPSON was also born in Lindenwood in 1895. Inger and Jacob immigrated from Stavanger, Norway after her first husband who had asked his best friend to marry his wife and care for the children and her, had passed away. The astonishment came when Mom heard my ggrandmother's maiden name. It seems that Jacob and Inger had tennent farmed on the "Strang" farm. We just don't know if it belonged to Anetta's family. I have no record of William's or Anetta"s parents. I have gotten most of my information from my grandfather Earl R. WHITE's Memoirs. He mentions many people from Lindenwood. I will try to compile a list and get it on line soon. Earl R. WHITE, dob Dec 29, 1890, married Hazel RISEBOROUGH, dod Mar 6, 1922 I have recently received an overwhelming amount of information on my husband's family, volunteered for the Cemetery Project and will probably have to retire for the second time just to get caught up. Please be patient with me. Frustrated but willing to share what I have, Linda