Diane you wrote> 'I cannot think of anything else that is left--other than searching the reels. The good news is that usually, you strike gold by doing this, and then you wonder why you did not just do it before.' Diane, It crossed my mind a couple of times but I never followed through. Call it a "Duh" mindset. Costltly if I don't even know what city in Niagara or Erie County. Zona : (

You have to jump in and start somewhere. I usually spend four dollars per reel. However, when you find a relevant reel, it generally has a gold mine--often an entire family's records is present. Then the money is well spent. If nothing else, order the reel for any Evangelical Lutheran church in the city of his last sighting. Concentrate on anything German--where did those good guys from Darmstadt-Hessen attend church? A lot of times, the same family groups stuck somewhat together. Just looking for the Langenfelds, my cousin and I found at least some of them in all the reels we ordered except one. We also wrote down some names and filed them away. Our temporary disappointment was often turned into happiness when we realized we could connect those names to the family. So we never really wasted money. I have fears of endless hours, money, and time spent looking at reels from European records and finding nothing, but not in the U. S. That has usually been fruitful for me. We just followed the city directories, picked a church close by, and ordered the reels. The other idea for finding Pluto is completely wacky, but might just work: contact the press in Buffalo, no make it a smaller town in the area--make it a human interest story--entire list discussing Pluto and making a website just for him: who knows what cemetery records keepers might just dig out a record and look? Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: <zona.himmelsbach@juno.com> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] The man--we all know just who that is--P. Bader > Diane you wrote> 'I cannot think of > anything else that is left--other than searching the reels. > > The good news is that usually, you strike gold by doing this, and then > you > wonder why you did not just do it before.' > > > Diane, > It crossed my mind a couple of times but I never followed through. Call > it a "Duh" mindset. > > Costltly if I don't even know what city in Niagara or Erie County. > Zona > : ( > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Zona wrote: >Costltly if I don't even know what city in Niagara or Erie County. There are 3 cities in Erie County: Buffalo (county seat), Tonawanda and Lackawanna. There are three cities in Niagara County: Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda and Lockport (county seat). Villages and towns are much more numerous. George