Attention: jpool@cacr.caltech.edu I am very interested in your recent post to the Thomas line. My grandfather was William Thomas, b. in August of 1850 to David and Ann Clayton Thomas. William appears on the 1900 Census in Moreland Twp.,Montgomery Co., PA. My brick wall is Wales, where William's grandfather, Thomas Thomas, emigrated from in 1822 with his two-year old son, David. No mention of a wife or siblings for Thomas Thomas. It's possible (though unproven) that Thomas Thomas's father was a William, given the naming patterns of the time. My grandfather, William Thomas, married Clara Josephine Schmidt, daughter of Gustavus and Josephine De Latour Schmidt, who emigrated to the U.S. from Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany in 1850. If any of this connects, please let me know. Thanks. Kasha ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.