Someone found a obits for me for my great grandmother's brother. He committed suicide by hanging himself in the barn. He was about 74 yrs old I think. I saw the family tree at Ancestry.com but the provider did not include this man and his birth family on the tree .I was just surprised that they didn't. And not everyone I found out through this experience wants to communicate from a cousin they never heard of before. I guess I would just hope that anyone doing family research should expect to find skeleton's in the closet but why get uptight if you can't do anything to change the out come. I wanted to share that bit of info with all of co researchers . Thank u .Linda

Hello, Your Great grandmother,s brother wasn't a Matthews was he?? My Husband had a Great aunt's husband that did that i believe in Shelby county,Illinois & his widow then moved to Missouri...Sharon..... ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mslinnie2004@aol.com> To: <ILSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 11:25 PM Subject: [ILSHELBY] Skeltons in the closet > Someone found a obits for me for my great grandmother's brother. He > committed suicide by hanging himself in the barn. He was about 74 yrs old I think. I > saw the family tree at Ancestry.com but the provider did not include this > man and his birth family on the tree .I was just surprised that they didn't. > And not everyone I found out through this experience wants to communicate from > a cousin they never heard of before. I guess I would just hope that anyone > doing family research should expect to find skeleton's in the closet but why > get uptight if you can't do anything to change the out come. I wanted to share > that bit of info with all of co researchers . Thank u .Linda > > > ==== ILSHELBY Mailing List ==== > Do not send Virus messages to the list. > "Problems with the Shelby Co IL Mail List email Tim Casey." > timcasey01@earthlink.net >