I am hoping to get some ideas on how to proceed with a search I have for two "lost' ancestors. One was a great uncle, Guido Schott who disappeared around turn of the century. There are various stories going around the family that he may have become part of the Boer War. If that is so, how can I find out if he was a casualty? He may have joined the Merchant Marines or Texas rangers. How would I proceed with that? His uncle, Emanuel Louis Schott also disappeared, but that was around 1875-1880. There was a nephew who was named after him Emanuel, so a younger E.L. Schott would not be the missing one. How do people deal with these missing ancestors? I have searched ancestry.com and LDS pretty extensively. Thank you, Cindy Schott
On 06 Mar 2002 in soc.genealogy.misc, Cindy Schott wrote: > I am hoping to get some ideas on how to proceed with a search I have > for two "lost' ancestors. One was a great uncle, Guido Schott who > disappeared around turn of the century. There are various stories > going around the family that he may have become part of the Boer War. > If that is so, how can I find out if he was a casualty? He may have > joined the Merchant Marines or Texas rangers. How would I proceed with > that? His uncle, Emanuel Louis Schott also disappeared, but that was > around 1875-1880. There was a nephew who was named after him Emanuel, > so a younger E.L. Schott would not be the missing one. How do people > deal with these missing ancestors? I have searched ancestry.com and > LDS pretty extensively. Suggestion 1: make your subject relevant to your query. Check http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/goodbad Suggestion 2: give some location information. Boer War = Great Britain in my mind; Texas Rangers is obvious. (BTW, did you check http://www.texasrangers.org/ ?) Merchant Marines is kinda locale non- specific. Suggestion 3: get off the Net and get to your local LDS Family History Center (http://familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp), where they have resources that are *not* online, and people who do this regularly who can help you. -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: makowiec(at)nycap(dot)rr(dot)com