Have you tried the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)? There are seven Donald Messners listed there, one of which was born in 1930. The SSDI is available free on the Rootsweb website, and also on other websites. --- John Shipman Hendricks <JSHendricks@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am trying to find a a specific family: Grace > Vought, b 19 Mar > 1908, married Arthur Messner. They had five > children to my knowledge. > In the 1930's and 1940's they lived on E Court St, > Sunbury. Their 3rd > child was Donald Messner and was born in 1930. > Donald Messner and the > are 7th cousins. Our common ancestors are Robert > Cample and his unknown > spouse. As young boys in the 30's, Donald and I > lived with our families > on East Court Street in Sunbury and attended the > Hill Elementary School > at the corner of 11th and Chestnut Streets in > Sunbury. As young boys we > were best friends. When my family moved from the > neighborhood to > Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (my father > was then a State > Game Protector for Schuylkill County), Donald > Messner spent a one-week > summer vacation with us in 1941. That was 60 plus > years ago and > although we were close boyhood friends we have not > seen each other again > since that time. > The irony is that the Messner family was found > while I was > entering genealogical data from a book called "A > Genealogy of Selectred > Northumberland County Pennsylvania Pioneer Families > from the Arrival of > the Immigrant Ancestors to the Present Time" Part > Six, (The Vought > (Voght, Voight, Voigt) Family), compiled by Joseph > A. Meiser, Jr., > B.S., Ph.D. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, 1978, page > 15. The mother, > Grace Vought, was a daughter of Bertram Vought and > Ida R. Bordner. > If anyone in the Sunbury area knows the > whereabouts of Donald > Messner or any other of his family, I would very > much appreciate an > address where I might contact him. > -- > Regards, > John Shipman Hendricks > Vero Beach, FL 32968 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003