Find info on the oldest relative you have information on via census, and other vital records. Check out to see if he/she had any brothers or sisters. Then trace them down in records and tracj their offspring and bingo u have found a descendant lving. BY tracing my ancestry back to when dirt was invented I have been able to identify and contact many cousins (fourth and fith type) all over the world. Seems like its family tree time for thee. Cheers. Bob Has anyone on the list ever tracked their genealogy and then found a descendant living?? I am trying to do this with New Jersey right now and live in California.? I'm just wondering if anyone had a particular strategy or not.? Thanks ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Listers- Another stroke of good luck can come from leaving your name and contact information with the local historical society, or make your own freebe website (there are many available with limited space) and ask for anyone related to the following family.. . . I left a website up for 3 years and was about to remove it from the web when I got a query on line from someone who was just Googling her family name and it came up with my OLD-3 times back- e-mail. Fortunately I had left my snail mail addy and a phone number to call. She got in touch and re-established a branch of the family that had been broken by divorce and adoption. Now even though we do not live near each other, we are in constant contact via e-mail. Peggie in Oregon No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/966 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 9:05 AM