This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thornton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/2679.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have any tips or advice. Just keep plugging away I suppose. Visit the counties you know he was in and look, look, look. That's what I do.