Not to mention the interesting things one can discover, such as finding how many times siblings in one family marry siblings in another.. or first cousins marrying (once so much less frowned upon!).. lots of fun stuff! faye ---- Lauraine Syrnick <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Stan, it means following collateral lines. When typing that could not > think of the word collateral so used the term going sideways. Following > collateral lines often gives clues to family mysteries in that a sibling in > a family kept closer contact with a cousin's family etc. and can shed light > on them. My example is one of my Dad's maternal cousin's daughter knowing > about a burial of a child that I had been searching for a couple of years. > Met this cousin at a family reunion in July and she had this info. Imagine, > had probably stood right next to the grave when taking photos, but missed it > because a slight family scandal was attached. The child was buried under > her stepfather's name. As the mother and stepfather and her half siblings > are all buried in another Province, would never have found her if not for > looking at collateral lines. > > Lauraine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stanley M. Berkner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:28 AM > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] GOING SIDEWAYS > > > > > > Some on the list have mentioned "going sideways"; is that just following > > collateral lines, or ...? > > Stan B. > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message