Thank you everyone. Dina I have tested on all three major sites. That is how I connected with a cousin who helped lead me to my mother. Mom also connected me with her niece---my first cousin who was kind enough to also test for me. Mom had tried, but she did not do something right and we are too far away for me to help her. My cousin's test has at Seychelles figure out a lot of the DNA cousins as to whether they are thorough mom or my father. Honestly, most of those tested almost have to be on my father's side. When the last second cousin popped up, the names he knew and the fact he is not related to my first cousin or the Hall family has led me to believe he is on My father's father (my grandfather's) side and the Halls would then be on his mother's (my grandmother's side) as he is not related to the Halls. We are all on Gedmatch too which helps a lot. Bonnie The Scheels via <[email protected]> wrote: >Bonnie, >I think you have two options: >1) The first, and the best, is to do DNA testing and see if you have any matches.  Your birth father may have had close relatives that had children - or other children if he was much older than your mom (13!), and you could figure out who he is from that.  There are several sites that provide both the testing and the database matches, Ancestry being one. >2) IF you'd like to search Newspapers in the Orleans area, then go to http://www.fultonhistory.com/fulton.html >I have found many articles about my family here, but I had the advantage of knowing last names.  You could search for "Million Dollar Highway" and limit the range to the 1950s to see what you get.   >Good luck! >Dina Scheel > > > On Friday, March 18, 2016 4:57 PM, Robert Pieterse via <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >You  do  not  have  enough  information  for  anyone  to  find  anything.    You  need  at  least  a  last  nae > >Were  you  born  out  of wedlock  ??    If  your  mother  is  still  alive  maybe ask  her  or  get  your  BC  if  you  do not  have  one > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: ELS via <[email protected]> >To: Bonnie Olscamp <[email protected]>; nyorlean <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, Mar 18, 2016 7:49 pm >Subject: Re: [NYORLEAN] Knocking, anyone home? Return of mailing lists > >Try ancestry.com > > >Ed >>From mobile phone > >> On Mar 18, 2016, at 15:05, Bonnie Olscamp via <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all. I have a brick wall. I do not know my father's name other than the first might be Frank. The last May have been a Polish sounding name. He was apparently killed in some kind of vehicle accident in the mid 1950s. I am guessing in or around Orleans. Supposedly lived on the "Million Dollar Highway" somewhere. Guessing his mother may have been a Hall or in the Hall family.  >> >> The librarian at Lee has helped me the best she can, but obviously cannot go through years of newspapers looking for possibilities. >> >> Are there any other suggestions?  Mom was born in 1936 so I am guessing he may have been born in 1933. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Bonnie (Borsching) >> >> W David Samuelsen via <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Come on! >>> >>> The lists have risen alive from massive Rootsweb hardware failure. >>> >>> Got stories? >>> >>> Got brick walls to crash through? >>> >>> Got resources to share? >>> >>> David Samuelsen >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message