Jan, Is this by any chance the GREEN line you have been searching for? Susie > -----Original Message----- > From: j [mailto:unicorn@sun-spot.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 1:35 PM > To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: On great grandpa's.... > > > > I know how you feel. I can't find my great grandfather. My > > sister said "Forget it. When you get there, just ask him!!" > > *******Shirley, what you said there really hit home! <vbg> For YEARS I > could not find my own great grandpa which seemed so frustrating > and silly to > me that Mama and her siblings did not have a clue who their > grandfather was! > (yup, there was a story there all right!)....well when you least > expect.... > last winter I shot out a query toward Davidson Co. list about the company > she HAD vaguely remembered hearing he worked for (no longer > there), and got > untold responses about that company...but also got one fella who was kinda > like "by the way maybe you might be kin to...." SHEESH. MIGHT BE? It > turned out to be Mama's first cousin she had not seen since > babyhood....who > could not help much but DID know of a ninety year old aunt still > living that > Mama thought must be dead by now and had a whole different > surname than the > one she had when Mama knew her... we called the aunt who happily supplied > the name and the county someplace we never DREAMED of looking and with a > name much different than we thought it was....Clarksville library > nicely did > a look-up and the grandfather I could not peg suddenly had a name! > Sooooo....guess I just want to encourage you a little there.... I > thought I > would have to wait till the great beyond to find him too.... really had > given up hope...so maybe this will happen for you too! > jan > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > > >