Have you received any further information? Do you live in the San Diego area? I know in Los Angeles all births before 1964 are confidential, but yours is after that, so someone from RAOGK should be able to help you. I was reviewing old emails that contain surnames in my family. Unfortunately Jolly's I have are only in England. Best of luck Deborah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bishop, Paul" <Paul.Bishop@FMR.com> To: <JOLLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 6:00 AM Subject: Jolly Family.... > > Hi all... > > Just resending information, again in hopes that it > may sound familiar (*grin*) to someone.. > > I am looking for a branch of the Jolly family, specifically, > my birth family... I was placed for adoption as a baby, and > though I was adopted by a very loving family, my adoptive parents > have unfortunately passed away quite a few years ago. My adoptive > parents had told me I was adopted very early on, and to me, that > made little difference, as they were always "my parents". In > any case, I decided that I would begin a search in the year 2000, > and here we are. > > What information I have: > > I was born "baby boy Jolly" in San Diego, California on > August 7, 1967, sometime around 6:30 am. > > From "non-identifying" information from adoption agency > (Children's Home Society of California), my mother was unmarried- > therefore, Jolly was her maiden name. She was 20 years old > when I was born, so that would mean that she was born sometime > between 1946 and 1948, and again from her non-identifying info, > she had been born in New Hampshire- though I do not know if > her parents/family were from there... but she was a resident of > California at my birth. By searching social security death index, > I have not found what would be a match, so she is likely alive. > > My mother would be 53 years now, and had two siblings: > > Brother - Should be 51 Years old now; was active military when I > was born... probably Vietnam; though no casualties > by the name of Jolly (one non-caucasian) were recorded, > so I assume he is likely alive. > > Sister - Should be 48 years old now; was student when I was born. > Since she was 15 at the time, it is unlikely that their > parents had other children than the three. > > My mother's parents may make it somewhat easier to nail down: > > Her mother- LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse). Now, I make a few > assumtions: that she was probably 20 or so when she > had my mother, and my mother was born in New Hampshire, > so my grandmother would be in her early seventies > now, and had possibly been trained as nurse in NH... > though it is VERY possible she could have trained > elsewhere, Possibly in California. She would have been > in her early 40's at my birth (based on assumptions). I do > not know > whether or not she is alive. As my mother's maiden > name was Jolly, my grandmother was a Jolly by marriage. > > Her Father- He was also probably in his early twenties when my > mother was born, so he is also in his early to mid > seventies at this point. At the time of my birth, he > was a "mobile home transporter" - which seems to indicate > that he would had to have had some type of special > driver's permit; possibly a CDL or Heavy Carrier. He > was also listed as retired military in the non-identifying > documentation. Since this is true, and he would probably > have been born in the 1930's, his service was unlikely to > have > been in World War II- which puts him in the service > most likely during Korean War and possibly Phillipines. > Again, I do not know if he is alive. > > This is just about all that I have. The information I have > on my birth father is cursory at best, so I am figuring that that I > will have to identify my mother, and if I decide to contact her, > then I would have to see if she remembers more information about him, > and try to take it from there. > > I cannot emphasize enough that my goal is NOT to disrupt anyone's > lives... I am looking for geneological and medical information, as > well as a "sense of where I came from"... as well as (possibly) discovering > whether I have siblings/half-siblings out there somewhere. > > Thank you all on the list for putting up with this huge email.. > I don't mean to be a pest, but I decided many years ago to do this once > the century turned, and if I am anything, I'm not one to give up! > > If any of this sounds like a possible relative, please email me, > or forward this email to them... > > I can be reached via email: > > work: paul.bishop@fmr.com > home: pbishop@mediaone.net > > Or by telephone: > > work: (508)787-9143 > home: (508)481-2536 > > Thanks once again. > > > - Paul Bishop > a.k.a. "Baby Boy Jolly 8/7/67" > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >