And if I may add to your message, Dave, I don't feel it is wrong to remind even seasoned researchers about mis-naming persons. My husband' father and two brothers were listed as females in on census - Matthew, Francis, and Joseph were Mattie, Frances, and Josephine DUNWALTZ for DUNWALD. Laura Dunwald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Witthans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:49 AM Subject: [GFO] So you can't find that person? > > When searching and you can't get a hit, you try different spellings, e.g., > changing "n"s to "u"s. > > Then you get the idea, hey, maybe he or she was living with an in-law. > > Well, this didn't work either. What did work? > > Darlene Dowhaniuk found one of my missing relatives by searching on the > wife's maiden name. > > Low and behold - his last name had been changed to hers! > > (Maybe their 3 year old son told the mixed up Census Taker the wrong > name...) > > Just another "Believe it or not" in the annals of Genealogy, to me. > > Dave Witthans > > P.S. I know that Valentine will chastise me and say its "in the 'New-bie' > site!". > If this method was listed there, I will join any site Valentine commands. > (Gosh, I hope not.) P.P.S. Thanks again, Darlene. > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > 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 > >