OK I know I'm gonna sound stupid. What is a "WIKI"????? This is my
first post here. My name is Don and I'm from Monongahela, PA, not far
from where Olive was born in Charleroi, PA. Years ago my grandmother
on my mother's side told me that her mother had a cousin who was a
silent film star and yes you guessed it..........Olive Thomas!!! I
finally did go on ancestry.com and found her on there but I still
haven't found the connection through my great-grandmother's family
tree. I would greatly appreciate it if there are any other relatives
out there who could help me. I've been in contact with one person
(sorry James I haven't emailed you in a while!!!). If anyone knows
what Olive's mother's maiden name was that would be a great help.
Happy New Year to everyone on here and hope to hear from you soon!

--- In TheNewCovenOfOliveThomas@yahoogroups.com, "rancidcheesehead"
<rancidcheesehead@...> wrote:
>
> Of course, concrete citation/documentation would need to be included
> with any submission...
>
> This could be an unrealistic expectation for anything to be done on
> Ollie because there may be information that cannot be properly
> documented or what can be documented is not necessarily accurate.
>
> One of the best places for raw information on Ollie is the New York
> Public Library for the Performing Arts. They have scrapbooks on
> various performers and files of loose clippings. The loose
clippings
> are exactly that... loose clippings from various newspapers that
> cannot be documented because the paper is not listed and the date
may
> not be given. A good example is the uncited clipping whose text
> suggests it was from her Follies days ended with the statement that
> Ollie was educated in Glassport and Pittsburgh. Glassport is
another
> small town surrounding the larger Pittsburgh but I have never found
> else to suggest that Ollie was in Glassport...ever but it is the
> kind of obscure reference that very seductive to a researcher
looking
> to fill in missing information.
>
> On the opposite extreme is Bruce Long's Taylorology #33. Bruce Long
> is probably the most diligent researcher I have had the opportunity
> to read. His work, for academic purposes, is very easy to follow.
> Unfortunately, we know now that Ollie and Jack were married months
> after the publication date of the article Mr Long cited and more
than
> a year after the time Ollie suggested they eloped near her birthday
> in 1916. Bruce Long had a very interesting story... made even more
> interesting because Ollie knew it was wrong. Makes me wonder why
> Ollie kept telling it.
>
> There is a lot of myths and misinformation out there and
> unfortunately, not all the people will believe it even if you do
> present documentation. Even today, people will argue about her
> birthdate even if you present her birth certificate.
>
> Still, it is an intriguing idea.
>
> Your partner in limburger.
>