Chris, I've thought about it but shied away thinking I might find I was adopted out of an orphanage or worse yet, from some wandering tribe in the desert. Actually, I've read some of the technical facts and the level of research for these projects is so low (to keep the cost low and the profit high) it only shows conclusively if I were middle European only. The genome used is so wide as to not be very definitive unless, of course, I were to draw out a sample over the grave of one of my CT Fishers. How about you, cousin-maybe? Jim Fisher On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Chris Thiessen wrote: > Have you considered DNA testing -if you have an unbroken male line-you might > get some answers. There is a Fisher DNA Project. > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:34 AM > To: FISHER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FISHER] George Fisher, ? - June 1944 > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: beejaymay > Surnames: Fisher, Brown > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.fisher/7945/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello all, and thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer. I'm > trying to track down a George Fisher who served with the US Military in > WWII. He was, according to family lore, killed early in the Invasion of > Normandy. This would put his death in June of 1944. He was survived by his > wife, one Ernestine Brown (first name uncertain), and they had no children > together. That's the part that makes him hard to track. > > My family lore is that this George Fisher and my great-grandmother conceived > a child out of wedlock. He never married her, instead marrying Ernestine > Brown, but died in war before fathering any children with her. As such, I > have an alleged biological ancestor about whom there is no marriage record > to my great-grandmother, and about whom there is no birth record regarding > my grandmother. Because he fathered no children with his wife, it is > unlikely that any others on this board are researching him directly, but I'm > hoping that he may show up as a sibling of someone in one of your trees. If > anyone has any information on a George Fisher from Marcus Hook, Delaware > County, Pennsylvania, I'd be very interested to see it. It is not outside > the realm of possibility that this Ernestine Brown remarried and had a > family, so it's possible there are people researching her as well. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > ----------------- > This is a discussion area for anyone who has an > interest in genealogy or history related to the > FISHER family > The custodian of this List is James Shuman > FISHER-admin@rootsweb.com > ----------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FISHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----------------- > This is a discussion area for anyone who has an > interest in genealogy or history related to the > FISHER family > The custodian of this List is James Shuman > FISHER-admin@rootsweb.com > ----------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FISHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jim My maiden name was Fisher and I had a grandfather by the name of George Fisher but he lived in Missouri his entire life and died in 1941 at the age of 79. I had a cousin tested and discovered that we are not Fishers! Don't know what we are-we have no matches and do not match any Fisher line, but hopefully some day we will have a match. I have photos of my father, grandfather, great-grandfather and 2nd gt-grandfather and they all look enough alike that I don't suspect any non parental event before when 2nd gt grandfather George W. Fisher was born in 1808. I have had several other cousins tested in other lines and we have had some success. I have had my own DNA tested. I don't think there is anything to be concerned about having it done. So what if you are adopted? You are still you. Back hundreds of years ago orphans were taken in by neighboring families and raised as their own. Who knows? I think DNA is the most reliable way of discovering "who" you are!! Good luck in your search! Chris Fisher Thiessen -----Original Message----- From: fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jim Fisher Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:04 PM To: fisher@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FISHER] George Fisher, ? - June 1944 Chris, I've thought about it but shied away thinking I might find I was adopted out of an orphanage or worse yet, from some wandering tribe in the desert. Actually, I've read some of the technical facts and the level of research for these projects is so low (to keep the cost low and the profit high) it only shows conclusively if I were middle European only. The genome used is so wide as to not be very definitive unless, of course, I were to draw out a sample over the grave of one of my CT Fishers. How about you, cousin-maybe? Jim Fisher On Mar 22, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Chris Thiessen wrote: > Have you considered DNA testing -if you have an unbroken male line-you might > get some answers. There is a Fisher DNA Project. > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fisher-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:34 AM > To: FISHER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FISHER] George Fisher, ? - June 1944 > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: beejaymay > Surnames: Fisher, Brown > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.fisher/7945/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hello all, and thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer. I'm > trying to track down a George Fisher who served with the US Military in > WWII. He was, according to family lore, killed early in the Invasion of > Normandy. This would put his death in June of 1944. He was survived by his > wife, one Ernestine Brown (first name uncertain), and they had no children > together. That's the part that makes him hard to track. > > My family lore is that this George Fisher and my great-grandmother conceived > a child out of wedlock. He never married her, instead marrying Ernestine > Brown, but died in war before fathering any children with her. As such, I > have an alleged biological ancestor about whom there is no marriage record > to my great-grandmother, and about whom there is no birth record regarding > my grandmother. Because he fathered no children with his wife, it is > unlikely that any others on this board are researching him directly, but I'm > hoping that he may show up as a sibling of someone in one of your trees. If > anyone has any information on a George Fisher from Marcus Hook, Delaware > County, Pennsylvania, I'd be very interested to see it. It is not outside > the realm of possibility that this Ernestine Brown remarried and had a > family, so it's possible there are people researching her as well. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > > ----------------- > This is a discussion area for anyone who has an > interest in genealogy or history related to the > FISHER family > The custodian of this List is James Shuman > FISHER-admin@rootsweb.com > ----------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FISHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----------------- > This is a discussion area for anyone who has an > interest in genealogy or history related to the > FISHER family > The custodian of this List is James Shuman > FISHER-admin@rootsweb.com > ----------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FISHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----------------- This is a discussion area for anyone who has an interest in genealogy or history related to the FISHER family The custodian of this List is James Shuman FISHER-admin@rootsweb.com ----------------- ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FISHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message