In a message dated 2/10/2002 3:29:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, lperth@inreach.com writes: > lperth@inreach.com > > > Is there any way a person could find information about a father not > named on a birth certificate? > > My wife, Joan Davidson Millar, was born 25 Feb 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. > We have a copy of her birth certificate.Her mother was > Annie McArthur Millar from Scotland, now deceased. We believe > Joans father's name was Joseph Durkin. We have no other information > other than he was Irish. > > Joseph Durkin is probably deceased by now. > > Thanks, > Roy > Roy, A couple ??'s to help us. Why do u think the father is Joseph Durkin, where besides NY did they live and what r there ages when your wife wasw born? Tom Durkin

lperth@inreach.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <TDurkin@aol.com> To: <DURKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 February, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [DURKIN] Joseph Durkin > In a message dated 2/10/2002 3:29:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, > lperth@inreach.com writes: > > > > lperth@inreach.com > > > > > > Is there any way a person could find information about a father not > > named on a birth certificate? > > > > My wife, Joan Davidson Millar, was born 25 Feb 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. > > We have a copy of her birth certificate.Her mother was > > Annie McArthur Millar from Scotland, now deceased. We believe > > Joans father's name was Joseph Durkin. We have no other information > > other than he was Irish. > > > > Joseph Durkin is probably deceased by now. > > > > Thanks, > > Roy > > > > Roy, > A couple ??'s to help us. > Why do u think the father is Joseph Durkin, where besides NY did they live > and what r there ages when your wife wasw born? > Tom Durkin > > When my mother-in-law was still living, Joseph Durkin was the name that > she gave to my wife. Annie only mentioned it once and never mentioned the > name again or gave any other information. Annie was born in 1909 in Arbroath, > Scotland and her daughter, Joan, was born 1934 in Brooklyn. No information > on Joseph Durkin other than he was Irish. When my wife was 6 mos. her > mother returned to Scotland with daughter only. We're positive that they were > not married. > Roy > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >