This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1755.1 Message Board Post: Hello Cathy, I have the Diamond Souviner of St. Mary's Church in Pittsfield, Illinois. It lists the baptisms of Thomas Reed and Ally Nef as: Richard, born Oct 3 1852; Judith, born Dec. 29, 1854; May, born August 4, 1857; James, born March 8, 1868; James Thomas, born May 4, 1870; John Charles born Dec. 3 1871; Alice, born April 3, 1869. There is also a Nichoas Reed and Catherine Raftery, and James Reed and Mary Raftery listed with children born a bout the same time, so perhaps they are brothers of your Thomas