Does anyone know which Thomas family is in this book? or which state? Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Thomas" <aeriehollow@ellijay.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Thomas Family Book > Last I had heard there was a cousin in Florida who has a copy of it. > Would be nice in this technological age to get copies made... would > be willing to pay the costs if someone has a copy. > > > Leslie Thomas > V.P. Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association > Communication Chair GATOTA > President Gilmer County Historical Society > > 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his > branches?' --Doyle M Davis > > > > > > On Feb 17, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Laura Cowan Cooper wrote: > > Shannon, > > It will only be found with family members. You might luck out and locate > one in a library that has gotten the research of a family member at > their > death, but I doubt it. Cousin Peggy Thomas Young did at one time have > her > own book that she did for family members that was based on his work. His > information is long out dated and most Thomas researchers have > started with > his leads and branched out from there so it is safe to say that his > research does not contain any forgotten leads. > > The Silver Family Archives in Kona, NC has copies of the large charts > that > I think you are talking about - he may have done a book, but I have > never > seen one. It is my understanding that each of these Monroe Thomas > documents > were made for each of the individual family members and the he did > one for > the Silver side and one for the Thomas side. They are usually stored > rolled > up due to their size. I have never seen anything but copies. The > archives > will be open in July during the Silver Reunion the 4th Sunday of July > and > the Saturday before - we express it that way because the date is picked > from the 4th Sunday and we do a Genealogy Day on the Saturday before. I > usually go up on Tuesday or Wednesday of that week and prepare the > church. > The reunion is the Silver Family Reunion, but if a person researches in > Mitchell County, NC or Yancey County, NC then they probably also have > Silver family members so over the years we have used this reunion as > a time > for all of the different family members to get together. It is also the > same time as the Decoration Day for the Thomas Family Cemetery that John > Mack Thomas and Margaret Alice Parker Thomas are buried. > > Hope that helps as to the document you are in search of finding. Most of > the modern day family members have the information and have never > seen the > real document. > > Laura Cowan Cooper > Laura Cowan Cooper - Kodak, TN > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Western North Carolina - Burke, Yancey, Mitchell County then spread to other states. At 12:30 PM 2/18/2008, you wrote: >Does anyone know which Thomas family is in this book? or which state? > > Donna Bray >Braydon29@kc.rr.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Leslie Thomas" <aeriehollow@ellijay.com> >To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:39 PM >Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Thomas Family Book > > > > Last I had heard there was a cousin in Florida who has a copy of it. > > Would be nice in this technological age to get copies made... would > > be willing to pay the costs if someone has a copy. > > > > > > Leslie Thomas > > V.P. Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association > > Communication Chair GATOTA > > President Gilmer County Historical Society > > > > 'If man cares not for his roots, then how can he care for his > > branches?' --Doyle M Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 17, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Laura Cowan Cooper wrote: > > > > Shannon, > > > > It will only be found with family members. You might luck out and locate > > one in a library that has gotten the research of a family member at > > their > > death, but I doubt it. Cousin Peggy Thomas Young did at one time have > > her > > own book that she did for family members that was based on his work. His > > information is long out dated and most Thomas researchers have > > started with > > his leads and branched out from there so it is safe to say that his > > research does not contain any forgotten leads. > > > > The Silver Family Archives in Kona, NC has copies of the large charts > > that > > I think you are talking about - he may have done a book, but I have > > never > > seen one. It is my understanding that each of these Monroe Thomas > > documents > > were made for each of the individual family members and the he did > > one for > > the Silver side and one for the Thomas side. They are usually stored > > rolled > > up due to their size. I have never seen anything but copies. The > > archives > > will be open in July during the Silver Reunion the 4th Sunday of July > > and > > the Saturday before - we express it that way because the date is picked > > from the 4th Sunday and we do a Genealogy Day on the Saturday before. I > > usually go up on Tuesday or Wednesday of that week and prepare the > > church. > > The reunion is the Silver Family Reunion, but if a person researches in > > Mitchell County, NC or Yancey County, NC then they probably also have > > Silver family members so over the years we have used this reunion as > > a time > > for all of the different family members to get together. It is also the > > same time as the Decoration Day for the Thomas Family Cemetery that John > > Mack Thomas and Margaret Alice Parker Thomas are buried. > > > > Hope that helps as to the document you are in search of finding. Most of > > the modern day family members have the information and have never > > seen the > > real document. > > > > Laura Cowan Cooper > > Laura Cowan Cooper - Kodak, TN > > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message Laura Cowan Cooper - Kodak, TN lauracowancooper@comcast.net