This is really very interesting. Thank you. I don't have access to the LDS library, at least I don't think so but I have seen that Jennifer van der Greft has sent something through today so I will try that. I have a picture of William Donald Thomas and my mother remembers other family photos and a tiny newspaper being given to her as a child, all sadly lost now. We know there is some truth out there, but what it is we may never know! Once again thank you Beverley -----Original Message----- From: srilanka-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Coreen & Larry Andresen Sent: 26 February 2009 13:02 To: srilanka(a)rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Still searching for William Donald Thomas Ian and Beverly, a couple of things to think about, the Morning leader was not in circulation until 1st July 1907 and ceased publication in 1932. The owners were the de Soysa family. The Ceylon Standard started in 1908 and was owned by the Pieris brothers Charles and Sir James, and Mr W A de Silva, the famous Sinhalese novelist. It went into liquidation within a year or two after the untimely death of its editor, and the proprietary rights were bought by the de Soysa family. The 1928 Green book lists two Thomas names with Ceylon Apothecaries. Optical Dept Manager H R Thomas. Printing Dept Manager R J Thomas. The Thomas name was in Ceylon from at least the 1700s as we have marriage records sighted and recorded from LDS films we have looked at. Of course it is also a common English / Welsh name and came in with soldiers, sailors, railways and planters too. We know this doesn't solve your dilemma, but it may open new avenues and close some family history myths and mysteries. The Colombo birth / baptism may be of help to you if you have access to an LDS library as there are films for this period available. We have seen entries with adoption etc written on them so there is a chance to find an entry that is a little out of the ordinary. Keep On Searching And Hoping. Larry&Coreen in Sunny Queensland....Researchers of British Ceylon Family History, 1798 to 1948. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message