This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: michaelpthompson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/7774.440.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It still mystifies me that people want to connect with any and all Thompsons, as if there's any possibility of finding somebody related to you that way. Did you know there are around 672500 people in the United States alone who have THOMPSON as a last name? Probably millions worldwide. Any person who had an ancestor named Thom could have taken this as a family name when that became the style. There are literally hundreds of thousands of completely unrelated Thompson families. Don't seek to talk to any Thompson. Find your own relatives and ancestors by posting some specific information. Include the main names in the subject line, and a date range at least. Give as many specifics as you have. Then you might actually match up with someone else's family tree. We're ALL related one way or another to somebody named Thompson, or we wouldn't be on this board. Narrow it down to something useful. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.