----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <agape2u@localnet.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [THOMPSON] George Thompson b 1763 Baltimore mg Elizabeth Monarch > Hi Thompson list, > If you have a big data base could you look for a William Thompson in b. > 1822 Cork ,Ireland and d. 1874 in New Wilmington PA > Killed by falling tree on Dec. 24, 1874. m. Catherine Hunter Gray oon > 12-25-1843 > Had children named, Marie Cairens........Amelia Frances, George Egbert, > Martha Agnes, William Asa, Mary Ann Gray Thompson. > Anyone know this line or having these names please email me. Thanks so > much, > Sarah > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: deevazquez >> Surnames: Thompson, Wilson, Sanders, Reynolds, Howard, Cottrell, >> Freshour, Petty, Monarch, Hyde, Woolard, Murry, Love, Gordon, Bearcraft, >> Cox, Johnson, Stevens, Clapp, Rayburn, Mercer, Strobl, McFatridge, Others >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17293.1.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Doug, I think I have been in contact with you somewhere along the line >> but I'm nost sure. I try to keep a record of those I correspond with but >> you're not on it. Perhaps I've seen your name of few times on this list >> and it is familiar to me. Anyway... >> >> I have over 120 Wilson names and over 120 Thompson names in my database >> (over 7500 documented names). Sorry, I don't have the ones you listed. >> With the names and locations so close, I bet they tie into one another >> somewhere along the lines. >> >> Sometimes, it takes years so don't be discouraged. I ran into a Thompson >> researcher whose dad was born in Kentucky just 50 miles from where my >> mother was born. We have tried to find a connecting name for almost 20 >> years. None yet, but they have to be connected somehow and we will keep >> trying. >> >> My brother and I looked for our George Thompson's wife's last name for >> almost 30 years. It was like her name had dropped into the Twilight Zone. >> Someone told us that her name was possibly Elizabeth and that she and >> George was possibly married in Baltimore but didn't have anything else on >> her. We found nothing. My brother passed away a few years ago but I have >> kept looking. Then one day I found her! >> >> After working with these records for so long, I don't think of the names >> as just 'names'. These were real people and they are connected to me. I >> sometimes catch myself talking to them. I know this sounds silly, and you >> probably think the old bird has gone off here rocker, but that's how I >> found Elizabeth's last name (Monarch). >> >> One day, I was checking the Baltimore marriage records for information on >> someone else and I thought of Elizabeth. I said something like, >> "Elizabeth you have to show me where your last name is recorded". Both >> my brother and I had checked these marriage records many times over the >> years and came up with nothing. All of a sudden, there she was. The >> marriage record of my George Thompson and Elizabeth Monarch, Strange? but >> true. >> >> After doing this work for many, many years, I'm convinced our relatives >> want to be found. We just don't listen closely enough for them to be >> heard or pay enough attention to where they are trying to direct us. So, >> don't give up looking for your George W. I know it is frustrating but >> he's out there somewhere. He wants to be found, so keep searching. >> >> Periodically we should tough base to see if something clicks. You can >> contact me directly at ellergirl@hotmail.com. God Bless! >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMPSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1569 - Release Date: 7/23/2008 >> 1:31 PM >> >> >