Kathie Unless you know positively that you can't, I would try to get the divorce decree. With his name and approximate date, as well as her first name you might find it. It should be filed both ways. I think they'll do a little searching. I'd also like to congratulate you on the Lancaster Co genweb page it is terrific! I hadn't been there for awhile and last night I visited it looking for some information. It has changed and is great. Thanks for your hard work. Bee (new to this list) ----- Original Message ----- From: <NelliBlu28@aol.com> To: <NELANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:53 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! > >