This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: amydefalco Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/12847.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the suggestions, all. I've been going at this geneology thing for about 20 years now, and have just about everything on the DeFalco clan (my paternal grandfather, his siblings, and parents). I very much appreciate the obits on my dad's aunts and uncles, I have the names of dad's cousins written down on scraps of paper, but I haven't added them to my tree yet :) It's my grandma that is the missing link (her married name when she passed away was Volpentesto, by the way - she had remarried after being widowed fairly young). I think I will try and reach out to my aunt and see if she's agreable to help in the quest to obtain grandma's birthmother's name. I participate in one of the genetic geneology research sites, and have some hits on possible genetic "cousins" that don't seem to match with my mom (whose ancestors are primarily Polish/Ukranian/Hungarian), or with my paternal grandfather's line (Italian) so that restarted my curiosity with trying to trace my grandmother's line. I'm having my dad tested too (provided my sis can explain what he needs to do for the test - he's got mild dementia) to see if I can confirm these genetic "cousins" are on his line. I believe that Grandma's younger brother (biological son of her adoptive father) and one younger sister may still be alive - I may also be able to reach out to them. I guess I have some letters to write :) 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.