Graver Marker of Sarah and William Frost
Dunn Cemetery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
And on the subject of people’s dead relations… I’ve been running into genealogical road blocks because my great grandmother’s surname is not at all common. I’ve found a lot of Basquills, and they are surely all related in some way, but I can’t get farther back than my great-great-great grandfather, Michael.
I’ve had the opposite problem with my great grandfather’s name. Do y’all know how many Louis Thompsons there are and/or were? Lordy! I finally managed to grab at a thread that lead me to a 1910 census record for his family, though.
1910 US Federal Census
Louis Thompson b. 1904
Fulton County, Georgia
William B. Thompson age 34
Estelle Thompson age 34
Douglas Thompson age 11
Russell Thompson age 11
Beulah Thompson age 8
Louis Thompson age 6
Miller Thompson age 4
Estelle Thompson age 2
Warren Thompson 6/12 (6 months)
Each of those names is another thread that might lead to more information and yet more threads. Most importantly, I now have the names of his parents, along with approximate birth years. If those don’t pan out, I can look for information on his siblings, and see if someone else has traced them backwards.
It’s dry stuff, I know, but it totally made my day.
red paper boat 