I was stumped on one of my Baker branches in the Pennsylvania area and I came across the name of a gal that offered help at a very reasonable rate. She sent information from a local history book that was exactly what I was looking for and it gave me several new names for my database. Here is part of her email to me... I'm glad to provide this research for you. I also work with clients on census and military records covering the entire United States from 1790 through 1930, including Rev. War, Civil War, War of 1812, WWI Draft. Most of the research is done at the National Archives branch here in the Atlanta, GA area where I live. My fee is very reasonable with no minimum time nor prepayment required. So, if you will keep me in mind and refer others to me, I would appreciate that. Barb Her name is Barbara and her email address is: ropetracer@prodigy.net. She might be able to help. Terresa ---- Original Message ----- From: <MaeMay510@aol.com> To: <THORN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 7:30 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Thorns in Virginia > In a message dated 7/11/2004 8:07:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, > eandmthorn@cox-internet.com writes: > > > In the 1810 Federal Census there were only > > 14 William Thorn/Thorne listed in the total census index. > > 8 were in New York, 4 were in Virginia, 1 in Maine and 1 in Ky. > > There is one in Virginia which is in Prince William Co that matches my > > WIlliam. Could there have been a lot more William Thorns that was missed by the > > census back in 1810? Can I go by my strong assumptions that the one in > > Prince WIlliam Co is +90% my WIlliam Thorn? > > > The War of 1812 did a lot of damage. Since Virginia had been considered a > "loyal" colony and since it helped instigate the War of 1812, the Brits paid > special attention to buring our 1790 and 1800 federal census when they burned > Washington DC. > The 1790 has been somewhat reconstructed from tax records, limiting it to > land owners. The 1800 is gone. The 1810 has been worked on, but not all has > been found yet. > 1820 is much better. > We have what we call "The Burned Counties" where documents were so burned > there has been no attempt to reconstruct them. > These burned counties are, of course, from the civil war. > Why not put a message in genforum.com Prince William Co., VA and see what > they have to say there? > > I'm not able to do research for you because of cataract removal last month > and scheduled fir abitger later this month. But if you get no positive > response, you may email me privately. > > Shirley Maynard > Hampton, VA > >