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/WMB.2ACE/4570.2 Message Board Post: I just noticed that William's middle name is Thomas. Maybe named after Thomas Walsh? What Walshes did you find Bridget buried near? If there is a Thomas who could have been her father, try getting his obit from the library. You need the date of death or burial if you cannot find him on their index. I looked at the online index to St. Louis deaths and there wasn't a Bridget Schilling listed-possibly she died in Illinois but buried in St. Louis? Or her name was mistranscribed for the index. Maybe the church in Illinois would have a death register with parents' names for Bridget? Georgia