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Marthe48

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8. If I can track them down again, I can see

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 13, 2021, 05:21 PM

Mar 2021

if they'd like to know anything.

It would be hard for me to tell them about their family without complicating the story with my branch of the family. In the 70's it would've been a lot easier. But they didn't ask.

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I have letters from a relative who passed away almost 50 years ago [View all] Marthe48 Mar 2021 OP

why don't you cross post this in the genealogy group? Grasswire2 Mar 2021 #1

Great question - I'm in a similar situation Xipe Totec Mar 2021 #2

I bet that is an amazing story! Marthe48 Mar 2021 #7

Try to contact any of his children or grandchildren. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #3

If I can track them down again, I can see Marthe48 Mar 2021 #8

I conduct DNA adoption searches. And advise people about making contact Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #4

Thank you for the ideas Marthe48 Mar 2021 #6

I would advise scanning, not transcribing. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #9

I conduct DNA adoption searches. And advise people about making contact Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #5

Memoir content... Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #10

Family history... Trueblue Texan Apr 2021 #11