Patrick Thompson Jr.

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Name: Patrick Hays /Thompson/ Jr

Name: Patrick H /Thompson/ Jr^[1]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Patrick Hays /Thompson/ Jr.

Birth:

Date: 28 NOV 1964

Place: Atlanta, Georgia^[2]

Georgia, USA

I didn't know much about my THOMPSON Line when I started collecting documents around 1997. 20 Years later, I have accumulated a lot of information on my Line as well as other Thompson Families but I've run into a Brick Wall with my GG Grandfather, Martin Thompson's true origin, where exactly he was born, who his parents were, are there any siblings and the "conflicting" information over whom he really married.

Was it Catherine Polk Knox?? Or was it Katherine Waldrop from Rutherford, NC ?? If you are interested in seeing my research findings, let me know. I think I have the answer.... and it's "WALDROP"......

Over time I increased the # of branches from my Tree and have a lot of family Names I had never heard before when I was growing up such as Y-DNA67 2-Step matches GARRETT & WILSON or changing my family history to show Martin Thompson married a WALDROP (and it's var of spelling), ELLIS, HENDERSON, CALLIHAN / CALLIHAM, RALLS, WEBB, HUNT, and many others.

I've had my Autosomal DNA tested at Ancestry.com and I became intrigued with that part of the "new" genealogy way of doing things and dug in more having my Y-DNA67 tested at FamilyTreeDNA.com. I've also had my HAPLO Group confirmed down to R-DF63 which is a branch of the "R1b-L21" Group. It appears my true origins are isolated more to the British Isles. R-DF63 also appears to be a "minority" subclade group in the big picture of the R1b-L21 group... Go figure... hahaha but that's my luck!! I like to use my DNA information more to "Eliminate" potential connections than I do to establish. If they don't match, they don't match and I move on.

However, I've learned the "DNA Way" (if you will) and though i'm not an expert by any means, I am well educated now on "how" to properly utilize DNA to establish and trace. I also encompass many tools in the process which help me narrow a DNA Relationship.

Through my time of tracking Ancestors, the most important thing I have learned is that without some sort of documentation, pictures, etc., a new family connection is merely a "fabrication" at best. I'm not saying that my Family Tree doesn't contain errors as I'm sure it contains many but I can safely say that the majority of my Tree will have documentation of some sort backing up the connection and my findings.

If you have a question, a correction to my Tree, or something to discuss, please feel free to contact me.

I'd love to hear from you.

Please email me directly at: PTHOMPSON38@BELLSOUTH.NET

Patrick

Sources

• WikiTree profile Thompson-6299 created through the import of Thompson Family 001_2011-11-30.ged on Dec 1, 2011 by Patrick Thompson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Patrick and others.

• Source: S21 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 NOTEVoter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

1. ↑ Source: #S21 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Patrick H Thompson Jr
2. ↑ Source: #S21 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Patrick H Thompson Jr