Thank you for replying - I am not sure if your parents friends are connected or not. I do know that some of the family moved to Canada and America quite a long time ago. I have been given some information regarding their desendants by a connection over there and I will see if the people you mention are included. You never know Helen On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:59:10 -0400, 2thdr1@bellsouth.net said: > Helen, > My parents had friends in Pittsburgh named George and Clara Shipley, Any > connection? > Doc K in Louisiana > > > From: "Jeff & Jen Stemes" <jeffandjen032490@comcast.net> > > Date: 2007/07/30 Mon PM 07:11:35 EDT > > To: <pa-pittsburgh@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [PA-PITTSBURGH] searching for Dr L H KRAMER or family re > > GretaO'Grady SHIPLEY > > > > Helen, > > > > Have you tried to google.com Dr. L.H. Kramer, Pittsburgh, PA? I did and > > found several incidences that reference that name affiliated with > > research/study at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. I didn't check > > to see what years. > > > > How about S.S.D.I. (Social Security Death Index)? I didn't find anything on > > an initial "simple" search. > > > > I did find a Greta Shipley from 1901 to 1992 deceased in Pennsylvania on > > SSDI. > > > > Good luck. > > Jen in WA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pa-pittsburgh-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:pa-pittsburgh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Helen Shipley > > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 3:53 PM > > To: PA-PITTSBURGH@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [PA-PITTSBURGH] searching for Dr L H KRAMER or family re > > GretaO'Grady SHIPLEY > > > > Dear listers > > I am hoping someone out there may be able to help or offer some advice > > please? > > > > My husband's grandmother, Greta O'Grady SHIPLEY spent some years working > > as a nanny in Pittsburgh. She was from Suffold, England originally. I > > have found that she travelled to USA in both 1952 and 1956 and both > > times reference was made to Pittsburgh. The first time the adress 5911 > > Elgin Avenue was given and in 1956 the name of Dr L H Kramer, of 3465 > > Bartlett St, Pittsburgh 17, was on the passenger list. > > > > Does anyone know of this family or how I might try to find them. We have > > a special reason to ask about this and hope to make contact if possible. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions > > > > Helen Shipley > > Helen > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com 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 PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com 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 > PA-PITTSBURGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Helen