----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene Dutton" <chuckedee@msn.com> To: "Kilgore" <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:40 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > Carolyn, > We all have some sort of skeketon in our familiy's past if we look hard and long enough. Remember that what is in the past is already done, and the things that are in that record are things related to paths he chose. Our ancestors were human, they made human mistakes. Although it was a shock, It is part of the family history. That's the stuff genealogy is made up of; good and not so good. Focus on the good things he accomplished for your own piece of mind, but like you said, secrets are brickwalls. Is it so important that it has to remain covered up and continue to be a brickwall for more generations? > Charlene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: otto & Carolyn Rabe > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:42 AM > To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > > Dear Kilgore Family, > I was not going to share any of this, but it may help solve some mystery in a family line. > I got my Grandfather's (William Joseph Kilgore) war file which was about a foot thick. What I found out was not what I expected. I can't share this all on the Internet, but there was a skeleton in our closet. > I was feeling bad I even started this genealogy. What I wanted to do was to help my last living uncle (88) know more about his Dad. What I found was that he may have been a war hero, but he was not a hero to his family. That's really all I can share but, I feel bad about what I discovered & was going to keep it a secret, but I now know why there are brick walls. Brick walls are secrets. > I really don't want to share negative things, but I believe my Grandfather was kicked out or disowned from his family. His father could be Joseph Kilgore that is buried in Marion/Grant County Indiana. His Mother could be Mary E.(lst wife) brothers/sister. Ervin/Emerson/Elmira/John ??. This is not anything proven as yet. Still putting pieces together.Just a possibility. He also may have other children on the west coast. I guess I need to take the good with the bad, but I never wanted to hurt anybody with what I discover. > Carolyn > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > "How can a tangled web that appears so open be > so impregnable when we try to pierce it as when > we delve into genealogy!" -Jerry A. Penley-Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > >

Carolyn, My father was always "real" evasive when I would question him about his family. I still do not have any answers. He passed away in June. The only thing he ever told me was that my grandfather was arrested for bootleggin in his (gf) younger years and that he(gf) had 2 brothers. I have since learned that he also had daughters and I had to read that in his obit. Still have not gotten any further or different info. There for awhile I was beginning to think this tree didn't have any branches. But I do know that whatever I find out will be a stepping stone into my heritage. Like Gail says, we are all human, even our ancestors. When you research old newspapers, do you read some of the articles? They can be quite entertaining. Hang in there and don't stop 5 min. before the miracle happens. Linda Killgore Bond Biloxi, Ms. Gail Meyer Kilgore <gkilgore@primenet.com> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene Dutton" To: "Kilgore" Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:40 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > Carolyn, > We all have some sort of skeketon in our familiy's past if we look hard and long enough. Remember that what is in the past is already done, and the things that are in that record are things related to paths he chose. Our ancestors were human, they made human mistakes. Although it was a shock, It is part of the family history. That's the stuff genealogy is made up of; good and not so good. Focus on the good things he accomplished for your own piece of mind, but like you said, secrets are brickwalls. Is it so important that it has to remain covered up and continue to be a brickwall for more generations? > Charlene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: otto & Carolyn Rabe > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:42 AM > To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > > Dear Kilgore Family, > I was not going to share any of this, but it may help solve some mystery in a family line. > I got my Grandfather's (William Joseph Kilgore) war file which was about a foot thick. What I found out was not what I expected. I can't share this all on the Internet, but there was a skeleton in our closet. > I was feeling bad I even started this genealogy. What I wanted to do was to help my last living uncle (88) know more about his Dad. What I found was that he may have been a war hero, but he was not a hero to his family. That's really all I can share but, I feel bad about what I discovered & was going to keep it a secret, but I now know why there are brick walls. Brick walls are secrets. > I really don't want to share negative things, but I believe my Grandfather was kicked out or disowned from his family. His father could be Joseph Kilgore that is buried in Marion/Grant County Indiana. His Mother could be Mary E.(lst wife) brothers/sister. Ervin/Emerson/Elmira/John ??. This is not anything proven as yet. Still putting pieces together.Just a possibility. He also may have other children on the west coast. I guess I need to take the good with the bad, but I never wanted to hurt anybody with what I discover. > Carolyn > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > "How can a tangled web that appears so open be > so impregnable when we try to pierce it as when > we delve into genealogy!" -Jerry A. Penley-Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== ANY COMPLAINTS email to KILGORE-admin@rootsweb.com, NOT to list. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online at Yahoo! Greetings.

Thank you all for your kindness. It really helped. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Meyer Kilgore" <gkilgore@primenet.com> To: <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:26 PM Subject: Fw: {not a subscriber} Re: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlene Dutton" <chuckedee@msn.com> > To: "Kilgore" <KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:40 PM > Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > > > > Carolyn, > > We all have some sort of skeketon in our familiy's past if we look hard > and long enough. Remember that what is in the past is already done, and the > things that are in that record are things related to paths he chose. Our > ancestors were human, they made human mistakes. Although it was a shock, It > is part of the family history. That's the stuff genealogy is made up of; > good and not so good. Focus on the good things he accomplished for your own > piece of mind, but like you said, secrets are brickwalls. Is it so > important that it has to remain covered up and continue to be a brickwall > for more generations? > > Charlene > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: otto & Carolyn Rabe > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:42 AM > > To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [KILGORE] This is not what I expected > > > > Dear Kilgore Family, > > I was not going to share any of this, but it may help solve some mystery > in a family line. > > I got my Grandfather's (William Joseph Kilgore) war file which was > about a foot thick. What I found out was not what I expected. I can't share > this all on the Internet, but there was a skeleton in our closet. > > I was feeling bad I even started this genealogy. What I wanted to do was > to help my last living uncle (88) know more about his Dad. What I found was > that he may have been a war hero, but he was not a hero to his family. > That's really all I can share but, I feel bad about what I discovered & was > going to keep it a secret, but I now know why there are brick walls. Brick > walls are secrets. > > I really don't want to share negative things, but I believe my Grandfather > was kicked out or disowned from his family. His father could be Joseph > Kilgore that is buried in Marion/Grant County Indiana. His Mother could be > Mary E.(lst wife) brothers/sister. Ervin/Emerson/Elmira/John ??. This is not > anything proven as yet. Still putting pieces together.Just a possibility. > He also may have other children on the west coast. I guess I need to take > the good with the bad, but I never wanted to hurt anybody with what I > discover. > > Carolyn > > > > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > > "How can a tangled web that appears so open be > > so impregnable when we try to pierce it as when > > we delve into genealogy!" -Jerry A. Penley-Get more from the Web. FREE > MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > ANY COMPLAINTS email to KILGORE-admin@rootsweb.com, NOT to list. > >