If I were you~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (And I have been) Use the Social Security Death Index (on line)to get a List of the Hughs deaths in the 70s; eliminate the children, women, and males under 45. After getting the dates of deaths of the Male Hughs over 45 during the 1970s. ; You can use the main Library in Mass.,or order from your own micro-film of Main Newspapers. The Obits should mention the attending family; They will mention Funeral Services Provider, and cemetery. The Funeral Service Provider & Cemtry Office will have the "One and only child's address and last known Info.). If you find the Hughs man outright on the SSDI you can write for a copy of his last employer for $7. Call them and ask if his daughter claimed his pension, ins. Or, write the State for the death cert. for $10. and get the same data. This is what i did; I wrote to the State Education Records Department. Asking for a copy of the school records, signing the name of my relative (you need a complainee for someone to file a complaint, and if she shows up to complain about you signing her name-pay the $250. fine) . (ps. I was a veteran cop) Get the school records, write and get the medical records from the Hospital. Heck those are in your name.JUST DON'T TELL THEM SHE GAVE YOU UP,DON'T TELL ANYONE. Makes a simple task ,a political issue. The Hospital records and school records will show associations she belongd to. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: <escort@together.net> To: <MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:46 PM Subject: [MOMARIES] Priscilla Hughes? > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VKB.2ACE/1116 > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for my birth mother. Her name is Priscilla Hughes. She would be aprox. 50 yrs old. She was the only child born as Hughes to her mother's 2nd marriage. She was last known living in MA. I was given up at birth in 1973. I was born in the Claremont, NH / Windsor, VT area. I was born with cancer and she wasn't able to care for me. All I know is this information and the fact that my birth mother's ancestors originated from England on the Mayflower and were some how linked to John Smith and Priscilla Hughes's father passed away in the early 70's in MA. > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >