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    1. [SCHORRY-L] Thompkins line problems!
    2. Wanda Martin
    3. Hello everybody, I have been trying to work on my Martin tree. I am trying to find cemetary listings for the people I have listed in my tree and I have a big problem now. I HAD that J. Elijah Capps married Mariah Thompkins (1866) and they are the parents of Magnolia Capps (my great-grandmother). I also had that Mariah was buried at Rehobeth Baptist and the dates I had for her were 1866-14 May 1925. Well, there is no Mariah listed in the Rehobeth Babtist cemetary listing but I found J. Elijah Capps. Capps, J. Elijah 7 Jan 1858-30 May 1902 Then I found this: Capps, "Sarah M" and it said in parenthesis [w/o J. E. Capps] Jan 1856-14 May 1925 So, I thought maybe her name was Sarah Mariah and the 1866 was a typo and it should have been "56" instead of "66". But to check (and consequently, make it worse) I went back and looked at the parents/siblings for Mariah in my family tree. I found a sister (Martha Thompkins who married Alexander Smith)who was born "August -4, 1856". I doubt that Sarah M born Jan 1856 and Martha born Aug 1856 are sisters. Martha is listed as being buried at Rehobeth too but neither is she listed on the cemetary listing for Rehobeth Baptist. If anyone has any information on this line that may straighten this mess out I would appreciate it! Also, I guess this is a lesson for doing your own research and double checking whenever possible! I may have just got myself "unrelated" to one of my longer lines! Thanks, Wanda

    05/07/1999 03:09:16