Ive reieved alot of emails, some not so nice about my many emails lately so I have decided to stop posting to the lists on a regular basis. I guess some people dont know how to hit delete key. To the wonderful people who have said kind things and helped me and encouraged me god bless and thank you for your kind and loving concern. I am assuming the not so nice were not adopted. i am on as many list as possible cause the more info out there the better so if u want to keep following my story email me and i will put u on my address and only let you guys know my updates again thanks for the support to those who have Jo-Ann

hi so now i think my focus has to be on my adopted dads life his past holds the key to it all. as thomsons were very helpful and told as much as they knew. ps the other 2 brothers and father are deceased. thanks agian

thank you all for help on look up i dont know a whole lot more on my birth parents but;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; i just spent the last hour on the phone with my adopted moms nephew my (thru adoption) cousin anyone ever heard of a food chain that sold sandwiches out of machines in ny called something like horn and hartard???????? thehe really didnt know anythin about my family but knew we were adopted and said that my adop mom told them that she suspected my middle sister donna born 1959 was possibly the birth child of my adopted father and we did suspect that ourselves at one time. he also said that my adopt dad got all of us children and my a mom had nothing to do with it he apparently arrange it all. and the other 2 of us may have the same mother or father which would be ellen 10/57 and me as donna 1959 would be his natural . so at least now i am looking for more than one birth family involved for us 3 as all along we thought they were the same parents so i guess im further along then i was. im concinced now that because he was very influential that it was a private adoption handled thru atorney and money exchanged. they were living on 4th avenue in new york where he was a super of the building when at least 1 or 2 of us possibly all 3 of us girls were born. although my earliest memories are about 4-6 in brooklyn ny jo-ann jo-ann

Loking for any info on Amasa Bates of Warren county NY. He was probably at the Battle of Plattsburg with milita, might have been a sharpshooter Company Have Civil War Info on his descendents BATES, FORD, RICH, LONGCORE surnames Fred Axel46@aol.com

thank to everyone for there replies i aprreciate it jo-ann

i did a search on mamma.com which gave me people who live on street that robert f thomson (my adopted moms nephew) lived on and found 5 people. 4 disconnected 1 i left message on and walla the last one knew him and even attended his 25th wedding anniversity he said he moved to st paul didnt know much else but said a realty co called gilcrist or crest in jersey helped him sell house and was good freinds so i need to find this compay also. thanks all

Good day from Sarajevo !! Can anybody help me to locate information about my cousin Ian Philpot's born 1953 in S Wales U K. I believe Ian served in the U S A military in Vietnam, He would have been either drafted or he may have volunteered , He was living in New York Jackson Long Island, ever since the family emigrated from the UK in 1961/2. He had his parents and a sister Marie Philpot's born 1945 circa, I believe Ian was wounded in the head in Vietnam, he returned to his family in N/Y and worked in the city until his untimely death in 1992 circa in the US. Both his parents are dead I believe and his sister returned to the UK in the late eighty's and died in the UK. He leaves only Aunts and cousins. I am one of those cousins, If someone gets in touch I have the address he and his family were living in N/Y . This address I visited him at in 1963 and1964 while he was a young lad. I was working for the Cunard Shipping Co at that time based in NY. I believe it was the address he had when he joined up. I do not have any idea of what force he was in ARMY maybe as that was a rumour. Thanks for the opportunity to find him! Malc! PS( I am a Brit on civil business in the Balkans) MALCOLM CROSSLEY JONES Dubranec 275, 10418 Dubranec, Zagreb, Croatia tel./fax: +385 1 62 67 518 GSM: +385 98 32 48 04 Kasima ef. Dobrace 14, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Aurum B&H tel. + 387 71 48 30 94 GSM: +385 90 16 59 27

Gary No I haven't how do you do that ? Ed Toy >Have you checked for his military service record and pension file from the >National Archives? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Toy [mailto:TINKER45@prodigy.net] >Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:35 AM >To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Fredrick Toy > > >Hi All > >I'm looking for info on Fredrick Toy of Buffalo NY who served with the 7th >Cav He earned the medal of honor at the battle of Wounded Knee > >Thanks >Ed Toy >

Have you checked for his military service record and pension file from the National Archives? -----Original Message----- From: Toy [mailto:TINKER45@prodigy.net] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:35 AM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fredrick Toy Hi All I'm looking for info on Fredrick Toy of Buffalo NY who served with the 7th Cav He earned the medal of honor at the battle of Wounded Knee Thanks Ed Toy

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Search Terms: THOMSON (1195) Results (1195 combined matches) Surname Given Name(s) Maiden Name Birth Date Birth Place Biographical Info Reference PACKARD Lydia (Thomson) 1703 Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 23 Jan 1901, 4554 4 Oct 1905, 6685 PALMER Amy (Thomson) 175? Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 28 Jun 1905, 7981 PATON Ann (Thomson) 1850 Branch of the Jackson and correlated fams. By Sam. N. Jackson. Burlington, Vt? 1911? (60p.):43 PATON Robert Francis Thomson 1871 Can Branch of the Jackson and correlated fams. By Sam. N. Jackson. Burlington, Vt? 1911? (60p.): 43

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Sorry but I guess I assume everyone is following my whole story and need to make each email clearer Ellen thomson -- maholage and Alexander are my adopted parents both deceased I have all there info I am wondering if anyone knew them ???????? they lived in NJ til at least 1952 then New York and east 4th avenue til at least 1957 then 1964 e 9th street he also was known as Ben My adop mom ELLEN MAHOLAGE (THOMSON MAIDEN NAME FROM NJ) was a foster mother in New Jersey (Carlton Ave) in 1951, PLUS OR MINUS A FEW YRS BUT DEFINITELY 1951. It was issued by the New Jersey board of vital statistics in Hudson NY but there is no record of her being authorized to do this. SHE WAS BORN IN HOBOKEN NEW JERSY ON 12/30/23. I SENT FOR HER MARRIAGE CERT AND IT SAYS SHE WAS MARRIED IN NEW JERSEY IN MAY 1944 AS THEY WERE LIVING IN NY IN 1957 BUT BETWEEN 1953 and 1957 I AM NOT SURE IF THEY LIVED IN NJ OR NY now my adop dad ALEXANDER MAHOLAGE worked all over NY City a good freind of his was a Mr. grant and a man named goldstein or Gladstone who i believe both were attorneys i have already checked these avenues of the attorneys with no results found a few but nothing came of it HE WORKED UNDER THE TABLE HIS WHOLE LIFE NEVER HAD A LEGAL JOB?. he was also in the merchant marines. 2 of his military addresses were S.S. J.C. LINCOLN STOCKARD S.S. CO 17 BATTERY PLACE NY NY AND S.S. J.C. LINCOLN STOCKARD S.S. CO C/O SOCIEETY NAVAL DELMAR VEL JAUX PARIS FRANCE He traveled and was gone alot, so I could have been born anywhere and then brought back to NY to be adopted. It could be just about anything??? AT ONE TIME WE HEARD OUR MOTHER WAS A WAITRESS IN A RESTAURANT CALLED RUDLEYS IN NY where my adopted dad worked for yrs he also owned some property in Massapequa in NY and owned a store with a Fred Bijou called sundown to sundown in NY i beleive in Massapequa shopping center in the 60's My a mom worked at Arthur Murray dance studio in Newark NJ in 1947 + or -- a few yrs but def in 1947. So she was already married when she worked there so I could have been someone she worked with that had the baby. She also worked for RCA and a phone CO (not sure if those were in NY or NJ) and I believe a plant in Harrison NJ not sure of yr. in NY she worked at a macys dept store. in NY in the 60's My adopt dad worked or manaaged a restaurant called rudleys in New York I beleive it is the only job he had on the record. Everything else he did was cash under the table. he was a maintenance man and a super of apt building in NY at one time. I know this is alot and I have posted it all on every geneology adoption or any other board and come up empty. IM afraid someone is looking for me but if everything I have is so much yet so many untruths how would they ever find me any way. Ps my adop parents are both deceased and they told us so many different stories thats why I have so much info but most of it is useless. MY ADOP MOMS FAMILY THE THOMSONS CANNOT BE LOCATED AND I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO LOOK as i dont know any of her 3 brothers births or deaths if deceased or anything and ive posted for them and checked out ancestry.com thanks to some kind person. my adop dads family knows nothing as they were from pa where i live now. and i was raised in ny ive asked over and over but they did not even know we were adopted at least thats what they tell me and ive tried over and over. but who knows maybe i even came from there. (pa) my adop moms maiden name was thomson as she spelled it with a p(thompson) but all legal doc such as her marriage and birth cert and letter found from a nephew of hers spell it without the t. she had 3 brothers that i know of charles john and frank and a nephew robert f. thomson (info given in prior email) her dads name was francis bernard thomson and her moms name was ANNE WILLMES (MAIDEN) the woman who witnessed the marraige was a margaret harley from north arlington along with francis which was either her brother or dad OH YEAH IM ITALIAN LOOKING PETITE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BIG BROWN EYES I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED YOUNGER THAN I AM SUPPOSED TO BE SO THE YR COULD BE LATER THAN 1960 with this mess NO WONDER I CANT FIND ANYONE ?????? I HAVE LOTS OF PHOTOS OF MYSELF FROM AGE 3 UP NONE BEFORE THAT AND SOME OF UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE. ive covered every base and every suggestion got my non id mother 31 father 45 born in usa thats it for 75.00 every geneology site every free post site every registry including international soundex ny adoption registries and all the surename mailing lists form nj and nj so.........any other suggestions short of breaking into the albany office and ripping open my records....... ha ha see..... still got my sense of humur LOL Jo-Ann

is there a site where you can type last know address and get new address

ok heres the story i know the birth and death date of my adopted mom ellen mae thomson born 12/30/23 i am trying to find a relative of hers any of her brothers I do not know any birth or death or even if they are alive i do not even know if they are older or younger frank thomson john thomson and charles thomson the most info i have is on a robert f thomson who was in aviation school in ohklahoma in 1953 and last address in 1973 was 109 hobart street ridgefield nj this letter was sent to a mr and mrs b. maholage my adopted dads name was alexander but some people called him ben it was sent to the house i grew up in and we moved to pa in 74 so apparently she kept in touch with at least one member of her family so maybe he knows something. i need to find out if they are alive and where they are they probably hold the key to my story i have tried ancestry . com and all the locate and yellow pages but i have know idea where they live now. i have my a moms parents names and aproximate ages i got copy of birth cert for 2 people who may have been them but i doubt it as it is not the info i got off her birth cert i do not have access to nj i live in pa and i dont know any yrs involved to order any films and cant order them all. any suggestiions!!!!!! thanks as always Jo-Ann somebody

the person i am looking for is alive i beleive thanks jo-ann

can anyone acess a data base with a name that would also give you the bith date Robert F. Thomson he was in the service in the yr 1953 some aviation school in ohkahoma in 1953 thanks Jo-Ann

Hi All I'm looking for info on Fredrick Toy of Buffalo NY who served with the 7th Cav He earned the medal of honor at the battle of Wounded Knee Thanks Ed Toy

Thank you all for your input on ancestry.com i got half for it and half against. i think for what i am looking for the 1900's and new york new jersey it does not appear that it would benifit me much but i did hear some good things about it thanks Jo-Ann

I was one of their earliest members and will never be without it! I have made several direct connections to other family researchers and use it every day for census index, AGBI, DAR members records, maps, and numerous other items. They add several new things every business day. Dick Hillenbrand Syracuse, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: <WORKSP@aol.com> To: <NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 7:07 AM Subject: does anyone have a sub scription to ancestry.com > i was thinking of joining this does anyone belong already and is it worth it. > 59.95 per yr. > Jo-Ann > > > ==== NY-Military Mailing List ==== > New York in the Civil War Queries > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USWARS/ACWRoots/NY >

i was thinking of joining this does anyone belong already and is it worth it. 59.95 per yr. Jo-Ann