I am a rookie when it comes to threads (POSIX pthreads - win32), and I am having trouble either creating a thread or declaring the functions nessesary to create that thread. I have run some thread examples that have worked, but they have always been executed in a "main()" function. My problem arises when I try to used threads in a class that has a header file. The error I get is the following:

error C2664: 'pthread_create' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'void *(void *)' to 'void *(__cdecl *)(void *)'

I am unfamiliar with "void *" and I think that is where my problem is. Here is an example of the functions that are of importance:
Code:
--- example header file --- 
.... 
public: 
	void start(void);
	void *function1(void*);
};

--- example of source file ---
...
void ClassName::start(){
	pthread_t thread;
	int id = 0;
	pthread_create(&thread, NULL, function1,(void *)id);
	...
}

void* ClassName::function1(void* id){
	printf("Hey there world");
                pthread_exit(NULL);
}
Could someone please also briefly explain "void *". For example, if I wanted to pass my thread a pointer to a data object could I just replace "(void *)id" with "(DataType *)dataName" ?

I tried to make this question general, but if you need more detail just let me know. Thanks!