Dear Bobbie and Gerry, First of all, you need to put something in the Subject line of your message. I almost deleted the message without looking at it. A look of researchers do not even open a message if there is nothing in the subject line. The URLs below might get you started in your search: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjeffer/ http://www.rootsweb.com/ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/ http://istg.rootsweb.com/ - scroll down to ISTG Compass and insert surnmane it should bring up all the ships with that particular surname. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/ - scroll down to the search engine, insert given and surname and select "exact phrase". This should get you started. Aileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Reihsen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 2:28 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! > > Hello, > This forward from the research folks in Ireland is just to let you know what > we have to work on in our search for John W. THOMPSON in Ireland. > John W. Thompson emmigrated to Jefferson Co. OH in 1804, died in 1849 in > Jefferson Co. OH. > Four children b. in Co. Tyrone, Ireland, married in Jefferson Co. OH were; > William m. 1 Jan. 1832 to Mary EKEY. > Matthew m. 27 Dec. 1821 toHannah SCOTT. > Margaret m. 10 Jul 1823 to Peter EKEY. > John m. 2 Jun 1827 to Maria ROSS. > > Moore Thompson b. 1809 in Jefferson Co. OH , married 23 June 1836 to > Harriet Davis. > James b. 1810, Jefferson Co. OH m. 14 Sep 1837 to Mary WALKER, > Nancy b. 1818 JeffersonCo. OH > Richard b. 1820 Jefferson Co. OH m. 17 Jun 1851 toHannah D. JOHNS > Thomas b. 1825 Jefferson Co. OH > Mary b. 1828, Jefferson Co. OH. > > So far, they feel we do not have enough info for them to work further and > they suggest that we look for a list of 7 things before we renew our > contract with them. I would very much appreciate any help in finding any > of the seven items that could help them. > > 1st.a gravestone inscription and or newspaper obituary. d. ca 1845-50 > 2nd is a death or marriage cert. Would have to be a death cert. > 3rd. Immigration papers. > 4th.Census returns. > 5th. Naturalization papers > 6th. Will or probate - have these, but they do not tell much, other than > the children's names. > 7th. Family letters, bibles etc. > > If you can help or pass on this letter to someone who might have the > information for a complete search by this Irish group, we would really > appreciate your help. > If you know how we can get the above documentation, I would most > certainly appreciate your advice. > > Thank you so much, Bobbie and Gerry Reihsen > > Please scroll down. > > > >From: Eneclann <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Genealogical assessment > >Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 18:13:53 +0000 > > > >Bobbie Riehsen > >4021 Cambridge Circle > >Jefferson City > >Maryland 65109-5735 > > > >Dear Bobbie Reihsen, > > > >Thank you very much for your request for a genealogical assessment. > > > >The purpose of this initial assessment is to review the information you > >have given us on your Irish ancestors and, if possible, to develop a > >search strategy. As I am sure you will understand, we do not like to > >recommend commissioning research if we are not confident of finding more > >material about the family. It may take further correspondence between us > >to establish what research we are able to undertake. Unless we can > >establish certain information about the family we may not be able to do > >any research on your behalf. > > > >Your initial information concerned John W Thompson from Co Tyrone, > >possibly the town of Omagh. His family were originally Scottish. He was > >born about 1760-80, married about 1795 and had the folloing children: > >William, Matthew, Margaret and John. The family emigrated to the US > >about 1804. > > > >This research is likely to be very difficult owing to several obstacles. > >The first is that records prior to the 1850s are patchy. For research > >pre-1800, there are very few comprehensive sources. Very few parish > >registers date back that far, and there were no comprehensive censuses > >(in fact, the only surviving comprehensive census is the one from 1901). > > > >Another problem is that the name Thompson is quite common in Co Tyrone. > >In the 1850s, about 120 families of the name were recorded. So if we > >find any records on the Thompson family, it is unlikely that we shall be > >able to establish whether they were the correct ones. > > > >You said that the family came from Scotland originally, though did not > >give a source for this information. If this is the case, it is quite > >likely that the family were Presbyterian. There are some surviving > >Presbyterian records from this time. These are kept in Belfast, but a > >computer index has been made of some of them, which is kept by an > >organisation called Heritage World. Their address is: 26 Market Square, > >Dungannon, Co Tyrone and they charge a fee for searching their database. > >They have also indexed some Anglican parish records, which may be the > >right ones. > > > >The only other source that might be worth consulting is the Registry of > >Deeds. This keeps records of land transactions dating back to 1708. > >However, it generally only records major transactions. It is more than > >likely that the Thompson family had rented land so, even if it was > >leased, it is unlikely that there is a record. But there is an outside > >chance that we would find something. > > > >At this stage, I would recommend that you do some more research in the > >US before commissioning any research in Ireland. The following sources > >are those we generally recommend consulting, though this search may be > >too early for most of them: > > > >1) A gravestone inscription or newspaper obituary. These often give the > >person's place of origin in Ireland. > >2) A death certificate or marriage certificate. In the US, these > >normally give the names of the parents. > >3) Immigration papers. After 1883, immigration papers gave quite > >accurate information about the person's place of origin. However, > >earlier ones can be of use in indicating whether the person was married > >at the time, or the number of children that arrived in the US. These > >papers are kept in the > >National Archives in Washington DC. Their e-mail address is: > >[email protected], or see their web site, > >http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/immigration/immigrat.html - this will tell > >you > >which records they have. > >4) Census returns from the late 19th century can be a useful source of > >genealogical information. > >5) Naturalisation papers are kept in the courts where naturalisation > >took place. Although they are generally not as informative as the > >immigration papers, they can be of help. > >6) Will / Probate / Administration papers. These can be a useful source > >of more general family information. > >7) Family letters / bibles. Through talking to relatives, people often > >find that old papers are still in existence that can help with this > >research. > > > >I am sorry that we cannot give any more positive recommendation at > >present. However, the nature of genealogical research is such that it is > >necessary to work methodically backwards from each generation to the > >previous one. The more information you find on the family in the US, the > >more likely we are to be able to focus the research in Ireland. > > > >When we hear back from you, I hope that we shall be in a better position > >to develop a search strategy (you do not need to complete another search > >assessment form). > > > >Yours, > > > >Mark Tottenham > > > > > >-- > > ___________________________________________________ > > Eneclann Ltd. > > Innovation Centre, > > The O'Reilly Institute, > > Trinity College, > > Dublin 2, > > Ireland > > > > Tel: +353 1 6082391 > > Fax: +353 1 6710281 > > e-mail: [email protected] > > Web: http://www.eneclann.tcd.ie/ > > ___________________________________________________ > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >