This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: necnewmexico Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/18797/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am currently assiting an lady who is in her late 80"s on some genealogical reserach. We are interested in finding out who the parents of Orlin Phelps (1824-1890) and Sarah Thompson were(see more infor at the bottom of this note). According to the book The Phelps family in American on page 1712 Orlin Phelps "parents died when he was quite young, and he was adopted." Also according to this book he was probably born in East Schodack,New York, and died in Huntington, Arkansas. He taught school for 40 years in Indianaplis. Any help with this family would be greatly appreciated including any information any one might have on his wife's family, who was Sarah Thompson the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Thompson. She was born in Pennsylvania about 1826 and died in 1873 in Windom Minn. thanks 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.