To Tina Smith: At least you are working with an uncommon name in the Thomas family, that will be easy to distinguish from others. Zella Amiee Thomas is probably not a name you'll run into, unless it's your own ancestor! On the other hand, my great grandfather has quite a common name and is Albert James Thomas, born in Cheddar, Somerset England, on 1 September 1866. He was christened on 7 October 1866 at St. Andrews Parish Church in Cheddar. His father was supposedly James Thomas, though that is only hearsay from Albert's daughter, Jennie Leonora Thomas, born on 22 October 1889 in Owasco, Cayuga Co., NY. I believe Albert James Thomas' mother's first name was Elizabeth, probbly with a surname of Thomas or Evans. My grandmother, Jennie, was the only child of Albert James Thomas and his wife, Louisa Maria Coombe, whom were married on 18 December 1888 in Owasco. Albert James Thomas immigrated to the United States in 1883 and was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 Owasco, NY Census. Three years later, Albert James Thomas died from "suffocation," as the result of too much to drink, so it is said. Another name in my Thomas family is Amery Thomas, born in Cheddar, England in 1801; and he married a woman with the first name of Anna, born in 1814, Cheddar. I believe they may be Albert James Thomas' grandparents. Since my grandmother, Jennie Thomas, was the only child of Albert James Thomas and Louisa Maria Coombe Thomas, and since the names are quite common, I have been unable to determine very much evidence about this maternal fami ly. If anyone else has Cheddar, Somerset, England ancestors with the last name of Thomas or Evans, and if they have any subsequent information, I would be deeply grateful to hear from you. Thank you. Barbara Spain