I have transcribed 78 letters handwritten by my great-grandparents Rev. Leonidas Worthy Thrall (Methodist), his wife Edith Flint Thrall, and some of their relatives between 1870 and 1898. They’re really more family history than genealogy, but they contain many genealogical clues. Since Leonidas and Edith moved frequently from one pastorate to another, usually in southern Illinois but once to Kansas, they knew a lot of people and many are mentioned briefly in the letters. They both graduated from McKendree College and often lived in or visited Lebanon, so St. Clair County, Illinois, was more their home than anywhere else. But their acquaintance ranged as far south as Metropolis (Massac County) and as far east as Bone Gap (Edwards County). My daughter has posted the name, place, and topic index to these letters at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~robinsgenealogyp age/ If you see something of potential interest in the index, I’ll be happy to respond to queries about it. (Please look there first!!) I know how important a seemingly tiny clue can be sometimes. Please feel free to forward this to other appropriate lists, as I’m a little unsure where seekers are most likely to find it. Harold Henderson, [email protected] on the lookout for HENDERSON, MACRAE, DAVIDSON, JOHNSTONE (Scotland) ANDERSSON/BORING, SVENSSON, STENBERG, JOHANSDOTTER (Sweden); THRALL (New England), JAMES (Wales), FLINT, GEDNEY (Lincolnshire), SCHRIBER/SCHREIBER, JOSS, STAUDENMANN (Switzerland); SCHOLES, MILLS (Lancashire), MOZLEY (Nottinghamshire), VAN NATTA (New Netherlands), BOREN, COCHRAN, LINHART, BLACK (Pennsylvania); BASSETT, COON, BLISS, HUMPHREY, BURDICK, CAMPBELL, CRANDALL, DENISON (New England); & more