Kathie, your story is slightly familiar........I wont get into it though. How about getting the marriage lic and then, knowing her maiden name, you can also get their sons birth certificate. Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: <NelliBlu28@aol.com> To: <NELANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: [NELANCAS] Missing Uncle -- A Mystery > Hi all, My mystery is what happened to my Dad's brother? His name: Donald > Joseph Harrison, born in Lincoln, NE Feb. 2, 1936 and when he was 19 (in the > Army) he very stupidly held up a post office at gunpoint and was arrested, > convicted and put in the Ft. Leavenworth prison. He later came back to > Lincoln and worked for a bread company and married a woman named Jane (her > last name is not known) in a typical "shotgun wedding", she being pregnant. > > I remember seeing their new son when he was a few weeks old, which was just a > month before my dad died of cancer (at the age of 31) -- I was 8 at the time. > My Mom does not remember what the baby's name was or what Jane's maiden name > was. > > Don and Jane divorced shortly after the birth of their son. Don disappeared > in Oct. 1965 right after my Mom remarried. He called his sister a few months > later and said he was calling from Acapulco and that he was leaving for > Australia and never coming back. We do not believe he went there. He neither > had the money to afford a trip like that and was apparently drunk when he had > called my aunt. > > No one has ever heard from him again and if he is still living, he missed his > father's death and funeral, and also the rest of his siblings deaths except > for his youngest sister who has not seen him in over 30 years. > > Can anyone tell me how I could find out what his wife's maiden name was or > his son's name? Since it is unlikely that I can get a divorce record without > her surname, I can't find out who she was. As for the boy, I have scanned the > microfilmed newspapers for my area for the month he would have been born and > also for the months before and after but no birth is found. > > I would like to be able to find my uncle and also the cousin I saw only once. > This boy would be close to my younger brother's age now. Any suggestions or > help is appreciated. > > > > Have a nice day ~ Kathie Harrison > > Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html > > Harrison Roots & Branches > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html > > All incoming and outgoing e-mail is passed through the most recent Norton > Antivirus definitions to assure viruses are not passed. > > > ==== NELANCAS Mailing List ==== > Do you have access to Lancaster County cemetery lists? If so, consider submitting them to the Lancaster County, NEGenWeb so that all researchers can benefit! > >