Dear Robin: IF you have Gregory's social security number, you can write a letter and ask IRS to forward it for you. They will not give you his address, but they will forward mail. Rootsweb is generally not a place for adoptees to seek birth parents and they discourage this type of message.... seeking living persons. However, I believe we all can appreciate how it feels to have a hole in your life. Does your mother have any information to share with you? Do you know where he went to high school? Alumni Associations usually have current addresses of older graduates. And --- his 40th reunion is coming up in the next couple of years. Given his birthyear, he probably served in the Armed Forces. You might try the Veterans..... Also, Grants Pass is not a really huge town. If you know his address when he lived there, you could use a reverse directory and contact everyone on the block to find out if someone has a clue where he moved. Good luck in your search, Lauren daughter of Geraldine O'Connell, granddaughter of George Keven O'Connell Searching San Francisco for O'Connells Victoria Adams wrote: > Robin, > Have you gotten the birth certificate of Gregory? it might be more helfpful > to find onfo on the death certficate or obits on Violet. Amazing informs to > be found n the actual birth and death certs., and I have really found this > to betrue . Probability is that you are distant cousin, and thus, I pray > God be with you, dear family. I will tell you all I know on the O'Connell > family, which is not much. > Best wishes, Victoria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Shamroc2@webtv.net> > To: <OCONNELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:03 AM > Subject: [OCONNELL-L] Gregory Joseph > > > Greetings, > > My name is Robin. I am looking for my O'Connell family history. I have > > searched just about every place I can to find any info with little or no > > luck yet. Maybe someone here can help me. > > I am looking for a Gregory Joseph O'Connell born Sept 2 1943, to Timothy > > and Violet (Downey) O'Connell. Birthplace believed to be in the Chicago > > area, or Lake County Illinois. Thoughts that the info I have is > > incorrect on the birthplace, I have just been informed that there is a > > New Chicago Indiana that is located in Lake County just a short drive > > from Chicago Ill. So I am lost again. Siblings are believed to be .... > > Donald, and Wayne or Dwayne, and a sister Phyllis. Gregory was married > > to Elsie Ruth Gale in Flagstaff, Az Sept 22, 1962. Divorced in 1965, > > believed in Orange County California. Last known location was Grants > > Pass Oregon, 1965-66. Occupation was auto body specialist, and then went > > into business with family Door and cabinet building. > > The whereabouts since have been totally unknown. I am almost believing > > that this is nothing more than a dead end trail. Unfortunately, I am > > missing something in my life...... this is my father. > > ~~~Robin O'Connell > >