Hello, Thank you for respomding. I have never heard of this book. Would I be able to access it at Myfamily.com or is it something I would have to purchase? The only information I have about this John Thompson is from a newspaper article regarding my ggrandmother, Harriet McGurvey/McGervey/McGarvey/M'Gervey/etc. She was a twin and this article tells of her search for her long lost twin sister who it says was taken by a John Thompson when the twins were 3 years old, which would be 1857. Harriet's obituary says she was born Jan. 1 1854 in Black Log, Huntingdon and the article says the family was living in Huntingdon when the sisters were separated. The article says John Thompson soon moved west to possibly Iowa. I assume he would have been married but the only thing I know for sure is that this John Thompson would have a girl in his family who was born in 1854. The article says her name was probably Juniata or Susquehanna, although I'm sure it is possible that he changed her name. I would dearly love to 'reunite' these two long lost sisters even though it is so many years later. Right now I am just trying to find a John Thompson with a daughter of the right age. Thanks for any kind of help, Elizabeth ================================================ --- "Carolyn K. Shearer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you checked the 'Journals of Josiah VanKirk > Thompson'? Mr Thompson > was a wealthy man from Uniontown, PA, who traveled > all over the US working > on his genealogy from c1897 to 1931, interviewing > relatives and copying > records in courthouses and cemeteries. The > originals are in the Carnegie > Library Pittburgh, but Charlee Wilson transcribed > all 27 volumes and made > them available on MyFamily.com. If you have more > information, such as the > name of his wife, I will do a search on what I have > copied, but the volumes > run 500-600 pages, so next to impossible to just > search for a John Thompson. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ewintr" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 3:48 PM > Subject: [PAHUNTIN] John Thompson abt 1852 > > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to connect with anyone who knows of a > > John Thompson who supposedly was around Huntingdon > Co > > about 1852, then moved west, maybe to Iowa. > > > > Elizabeth > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > > Visit Huntingdon County PAGenWeb Archives at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/huntingdon/ - > > it's our digital library. > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on > county resources, > cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com