This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RGCBAEB/123.132.701.1 Message Board Post: Joan Gillespie.......I am very interested in your ancestors. I have a Thompson Ratliff also. I think this is an unusual name and I wonder if we have a connection somewhere.