then i would call them directly and tell them who you are and ask them to help you with the info you are wanting. if he established the family vault then they should have something although...back in those days they kept records...or not! ;-) i have found record keeping to be a hit & miss but most places are very nice and usually willing to help. In a message dated 9/10/2006 5:09:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, waughtel@oz.net writes: Thank you. I am a direct descendant of Thomas Sinex who established the Thomas Sinex Family Vault in the early 1850s. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) not all those who wander are lost.....wintu