Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote in news:fmmck-EDE9DE.13482431122007@nntp.aioe.org: > In article > <d19c0b61-eece-48dc-88d3-acdb7022ec2a@w47g2000hsa.googlegroups. > com>, > Sapphyre <sapphyre_66@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I've come across a bit of a snag in my research. It seems >> that I have living cousins in the US that are distantly >> related (like fourth cousins or something), and it's highly >> likely they know nothing of our family in Canada. I was able >> to track these folks down by pure luck, and I'm thinking of >> getting in touch, but I don't know the best way to do this. > > Sapphyre- > > I also feel more comfortable at the computer, and recently > happened across a couple of distant "lost" cousins doing > Genealogical research by eMail. > > Considering what I would think if someone called me, it might > be better if you wrote a letter. I would probably be polite > to the caller, but most likely would resent the interruption > of whatever I was doing. > > It wouldn't hurt to include a computer-generated family chart > of some kind, that illustrated your relationship. Be sure to > include your E-Mail address. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I always include some data I have that indicates the relationship, with an offer of the rest if they are interested. It becomes a sharing instead of an imposition. Often, your cousins may not know what you know. I found a cousing that had our mutual GGGgrandparent's wedding certificate, but I had the family bible. I didn't know that they were married out of state, and she didn't know there were siblings. -- }:-) Christopher Jahn {:-( http://soflatheatre.blogspot.com/ The moral of the story is: Kill the parents kill the children.