7/2/99 Good evening everyone: A thought occurred to me while at my putter tonight. Please bear with me. For sometime now, I.e. 35 years, I've been searching for my birthfather's family, whom I believe resided in Newark at the time of my birth back in 1947. If you will remember I posed a question about the fur companies in Newark, NJ back in the early 40's and received a welcomed response. Since I'm pretty much housebound, I'd appreciate anyone assisting me here. I've got his name. I realize that NELSON is quite common; however, he served in the Armed Forces during WW11, which service I'm not able to supply. This search has been long and ardious to say the least. The non id information that I received from Catholic Charities is false, all of it. The names, places and dates. Wherever I looked, I came up with a blank, with the exception of his occupation, I can no longer trust what has been handed to me. To date, I've written every hospital in Essex County for birth certificate but to no avail. No record of birth in New Jersey. One lie right there. NJ Vital Statistics has no record of birth either. Back to square one. So in closing, I appreciate all of you taking the time to read this email and if I can possible usher someone to assist me, I'd be more than thankful for their services, I'd even offer to pay he/she at a reasonable cost. Thank you, patty mccoy therealmac1817@email.msn.com y therealmac1817@email.msn.com