Bio,to be writen if Mystery can be solved... Sat G.W.E. two you have not done

I hope you find what you are looking for. I've run into my own blind spots looking for family information. It sucks when there is no one around who knows the answers.

It's even worse when there are several people who "know" the answers but they all disagree with what the facts are. I've run into that problem several times.

yes i have had that with records!! my real grandfather William Cobb just disappeared no divorce or death records the grandma Cobb maried jessee freeman 2 years later the two men worked on the same trainline and lived close to one another.

One other thing I've noticed that once my relatives get to about 83 or so, their stories change a little. So even when you have the stories from people, there are so discrepancies that can't be explained.

running into an older blood relative is getting slimmer as the years go by I just can hope for a cousin or nephew in the mix showing up! also have trouble with my Daddy(adopted) parents.

Maybe you will find out one day.

that will be a happy day! it isn't that my zparents were not the best! it's that lil bug in me ear that wonders about my mothers family and why they never contacted as it was an open adoption .

I wish you good luck in your search. I guess I'm lucky in that there are only a few secrets in our family and I've been able to trace my lineage back to the early 1800s.

Thanks for taking the SatWE challenge in such a personal way and I'm pleased to feature it on Gather Writing Essential.

of course ! you never know someone that reads this might know a lead ..funny thing the leads come from the strangest places

Try the Latter Day Saints website , its free and we have found alot of useful information... You can now buy the 1940's census... In these towns that you lived try to go to one where you were born and see if you can find anyone that might sound familiar to you and go from there... You do know your parents names, thats a start... if you know of any grandparents, go on from there... we didnt have much to go on either as we never knew our grandparents on either side... they passed away and there just wasnt much contact with other family members... But we posted queries on some of the websites... searched through many records and it did pay off... you will always have one or so members of your family that just seemed to of dropped off of the planet... but if this happens , just go on to another one... I think you will find the more you go back some of the same family names will keep popping up, this is because they didnt have the means of traveling as we do today, so they married usually within their circles, such as neighbors etc..

thats true I actually thought I had it went way back on my mothers side and found her family in new England one of a set of twins but couldn't get info back to any of the states I know she lived in.

There is a register of the people that came from other countries to Ellis Island that you can access online... There is even a way of getting info from the Library of Congress although, I couldnt figure out how to access it as was having computer problems may of been the drawback on this one.. It does take some time and researching... Some people even willl research it for you but I think they do charge...

I love when you find someone that is related to you or knows some of your family History...

yes I do too I have found out so much regarding my mom's [adopted] paternal side not but mystery's on-her mothers side they even lived with us and Dad built them a home on our property but I really did not take advantage of it then. so much advantage of what I had and I kick myself when I think of it!

never mind the time I take it but the good ones do charge and I no longer can afford to be on the one I like best.

When will I learn? My comment was eaten. Anyway, does it really matter?

well I would be interested in the eaten comment John

My comment had to do with the fact even folks trying to track their genealogy documents often find that they don’t really know a lot of things. Apparently in the past there were various informal arrangements such as a married couple not revealing that the husband was not the father of one of their children, or a child informally “given” to somebody and raised as their own without official documents, etc. There are several questions in my wife’s family history.

yes I have run into dead ends probably because if things like that. Also trying to go find maiden names is tough! some times i get back 2 or 3 then realize wait a minute ...with thoughts of kissin cousin syndrome

I'm here to view for Keeping It Real.

THANK YOU

I do hope you find the answers you are looking for to your family's past.
Sounds like you had great adoptive parents.

thanks I did I was a lucky one they were stern but they had a lot of love to give

Such research is frustrating. Particularly with minimal information, and funds. I understand your frustrations. I believe at some point I had expressed to you, about my own search for my half brother. Adoptions back then were clouded in secretcy. I even came across information where some adoption agencys would even change a birth date.
Some states have changed laws through the years, where there are now open records perviding the one seeking is of majority. There are instances as well, where if it can be proven that there is a medical reason one can pursue having the court records opened up in states where there are no open records. Of course this would benefit only an adoptee who has knowledge of thier adoption, and enough information to know what court to seek the records. For those of us on the other side of the fence such as myself, very little options exsist, beyond non identifying information from the adoption agency, and adoption web sites where your information can be stored in hopes of someone seeing it. Years of research and dead ends, are about all I have managed in nearly 30 years of searching. Even though I do have so much more than when I first started, I am still no where closer to making headway. And as the years fly by, I feel less confident that I will ever find him and fufill a promise made years ago.
I hope for you that the mystery, one day soon, will be solved. And you finally have the answers you seek. Best of luck on your journey, Jules.

yes it is hard here in Illinois you can get the records now but it's upward to 4100 to get it on the way and one misspelled name...and they are spelled 100 ways in search...can do you out of the money and start it all over.

Doing my weekly views for Keeping It Real

thank you good group

I noticed you lived in Herrin, Illinois. I was just there a couple days ago to see the Doctor. You don't live too far from me.

wow Connie that's great next time you go to the Dr. we could have a coffee or lunch!9882145

i hope you find more info on all your looking for. you never know who may read this and pass it on. even this site could possibly lead you to more answers, which is a great thing. I dont really know of any free places to start checking. i once tried the ancestory website but kept getting charged month afer month, without realizing it. and i didn't get much from there anyways. but good luck and hope you get the info you need!

Thanks L C I know!!I have photos up here also maybe someone will notice a relative or friend! I have found 2 people still alive and one had a couple good stories about my 'mommie'(mom that raised me)