Hi, I,m new to the list and would like to post my first surname in Wales. I'm hopeful there will be many more to come ! I am looking for the family of William M. Thomas born June 3 1835 in Cariganshire, South Wales. His family had lived there for many generations. William came to America through Quebec Canada in 1857 with some friends. He went to Youngstown, Mahoning Co., Ohio and lived there until 1867 when he and family moved to Montcalm Co., Mi. He married in Ohio, Julia A Stewart in 1858. They had 7 children including..Ormond (my husbands greatgrandfather), Myron, Mary, Willis, Gilbert, Jay Bentley, and Lelia. I am excited to be on a new leg of a journey of searching for my husbands' Thomas's. I had been up against a brick wall for a long time ! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

At 01:17 PM 17/10/01, Jane McDonald wrote: >Hi, I,m new to the list and would like to post my first surname in Wales. >I'm hopeful there will be many more to come ! >I am looking for the family of William M. Thomas born June 3 1835 in >Cariganshire, South Wales. Hi Jane Welcome. Brick walls are meant to be broken down. Cardinganshire is outside of my area of research, but stay with the list as you will find lots of helpful ideas and lots of caring folk. Give these things a little time to "mature" as others with your same interests may yet have to join the list. I was on one list for nearly two years and then out of the blue came a break-through which led to a fourth cousin living in Wales. What excitement! Now I have 21 photos of his (and my old relatives) farm! Yes, stick with it, it is certainly worth the wait. Cheers Graham Melbourne Oz