Marie, On 2017-05-27 18:19, Rover Barth wrote: > Greetings Everyone, > > I happened to stumble on a 1909 Brooklyn Eagle article that uncovered > what > happened to my Grand Aunt who disappeared in the family history and > need > some help or advise. > The article I am looking for is news for August 31, 1909 and about the > elopement of Alexina van Spall and George Stanko. Mr. Stanko was part > of a > gypsy group at a fair who captured my 22 year old newly arrived in US > grand > aunt Alexina's heart. She sneaked out of the home of her sister and > brother-in-law, Anna and Bastian Tuyt and disappeared with Mr. Stanko. > I did find a disjointed article on this for this date but it's > impossible > to make sense of it with all of the other news jumbled with it. I could > only make out parts of it and recognized names and addresses so I know > this > is the right family. > Any advice or thoughts would be so helpful! The newspaper appears to have consisted of 22 pages on the date that you mentioned below (see https://www.newspapers.com/image/53882000/). Could you be more specific as to what page the article is on, so we can have a look at it? > This has been a long standing > mystery for the family. > Here's the link to the site where I did find this information: > The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , > <https://www.newspapers.com/title_1890/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/>Brooklyn, > New York, Tuesday, August 31, 1909 Also could you be more specific as to what you're asking of the subscribers to this email list? > Thank you. > > Marie > > Researching: > van Spall, Tuijt/Tuyt, Ooykaas, Henke Regards, Jk.