Boy wish I could help, but I have no listing of VESTAL in IL. They were of the NC line like you know and got a wagon train from St Louis MO 9 Oct 1851 and the rest of this family line left in 1852 in oxen train and they all settled in CA, some in Northern CA and others in and near Yuba Co., CA. I am sorry if I sent you in the wrong direction, or misunderstood what you wanted. I have had a lot of e-mail today to answer. I know nothing of VESTAL's in Canada. Yes, many lines I have worked over the years have so many similar names, and names like Thomas are just popular names chosen by many people of all lines. The VESTAL message board list is good, and just keep asking several times a month, and you are bound to find someone connected. Even go on the IL list, and Canada one, if there is one. I am on several lists and put a query there at least once a week.....I have gotten results with persistence, patience, postive thinking, faith, and a lot of searching. I love it...Happy Trails, J Also, visit my 4 personal home pages on spirituality and genealogy: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/3718/ -----Original Message----- From: Wesleiser@aol.com <Wesleiser@aol.com> To: VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com <VESTAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] Re:VESTAL >Crystal, > I checked the land records as you suggested and did not find my VESTALs. >There was a VESTAL but not one that is related to that I know of. My grand >mother father was Madison Thomas VESTAL. He was born February 1852 in >Illinios. According to the 1910/20 census his father was born in North >Carolina. His mother appears to have been born in Canada. Nice coincidence >that the middle name is Thomas and the North Carolina connection. This is >about all I know about Stella's father and grand father. I have a little more >data on her brothers and sisters. > If any of this looks like a possible connection, let me know. > >Wes Leiser > > >==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== >Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ >