Edward: My maternal uncles had told me that my step-father had taken my half-sister to one of the Carolinas and through a website I joined in NC I located my step-father's name. I was able to write to some people in NC and was happy to receive a reply envelope in the mail, but very disappointed to find a funeral home memoriam with her picture. She died in 1970 which was before we lived in NC. From that I was able to get an obituary from a newspaper. Our mother died when Arlene was six days old and I don't think she ever knew she had a half-brother. I was not listed as a survivor. After Mother died, I lived with my maternal grandparents. I was born in Brooklyn where my mother and Paul PELOQUIN lived. Our family has lived in North Carolina since 1975. I appreciate your very prompt. You are most kind. Albert Peloquin

----- Original Message ----- From: "albert peloquin" <floralp@earthlink.net> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:27 PM Subject: [PAFAY] PELOQUIN > Edward: > > My maternal uncles had told me that my step-father had taken my half-sister to one of the Carolinas and through a website I joined in NC I located my step-father's name. I was able to write to some people in NC and was happy to receive a reply envelope in the mail, but very disappointed to find a funeral home memoriam with her picture. She died in 1970 which was before we lived in NC. Did you get a death certificate on your mother from North Carolina yet? Nothing like the facts! You can find both parents names and where they were born on the DC's, and the cause and exact time and place of death. How about her marriage license application? Where and when? Church affiliated? All of the answers to these questions will help you springboard to other questions and answers. Don't hesitate to ask your questions on this list. You can easily draw from the experience of about 800 active genealogy researchers. From that I was able to get an obituary from a newspaper. Our mother died when Arlene was six days old and I don't think she ever knew she had a half-brother. I was not listed as a survivor. After Mother died, I lived with my maternal grandparents. Are you still in contact with your maternal grandparents? Where do they live? Did you already get their complete names, dates of birth, and maiden name? Where married and when. These are imporatant when building the puzzle. > > I was born in Brooklyn where my mother and Paul PELOQUIN lived. Our family has lived in North Carolina since 1975. Do you have your own birth certificate? Were you adopted by Paul? Was paul listed as your father on the BC? > > I appreciate your very prompt. You are most kind. > > Albert Peloquin I have helped several folks find their biological parents. It takes pereverence and easy access to local records. There is a mailing list at rootsweb.com which is dedicated to helping folks find their biological parents. Try a search on google.com for help in finding biological parents. Last time I searched there was a million helpful sites. Arm yourself with every once of intelligence you can ferret out. Take notes, and use them. Keep asking questions. Keep searching. Eventually you'll hit pay dirt. If you still live in North Carolina, can you make the trek to Fayette County, Pa.? Your father might have been registered with the draft board. Did you get his DC from Canada yet? When did he move to Canada? Good luck! BTW- There is a very good possibility that my father and grandfather knew your father. Too bad they have taken the final sojurn. Edward Dunlevy