There must be gobs on the Beecher family in any surname file. Some were famous like Henry Ward Beecher (abolitionist minister in Brooklyn, NY) and his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Join the Rootsweb Beecher surname site. I'm sure there is one. Natalie ndburrows@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward A Wilson" <fkd2001@hotmail.com> To: <PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:01 PM Subject: RE: [PAPHL] Current situation > Get a lawyer, QUICK! > > >>From: "Beecher Family" <CDBeech@comcast.net> >>Reply-To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >>To: PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [PAPHL] Current situation >>Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:45:38 -0400 >> >>This is semi genealogy related, but I didn't know where else to >>turn....Here >>is the problem..... >>In the 1950's my husbands grandmother Ruth (last name of Kimes, Norcini, >>Jeanette, and now we find out Stankawitz) took out an insurance policy on >>my >>husbands mother Delores A. Beecher (Nee: Norcini). Ruth died in Jan 1974 >>(in >>Philly....Temple Hospital) under the name Jeanette (when Mr.. Greg >>Jeanette >>died it was found out that Ruth and Greg were never married and she was >>kicked out of his home by his family and left with nothing but his >>name....) >>in July 1995 Delores Beecher (mom) died at our home in Quakertown,Pa, >>Since >>we never knew about this policy it sat for years, last Dec we received a >>letter saying we may be eligible for it (it's amounts to over $4,000). We >>did what we were told and contacted Prudential who sent us a form to fill >>out and send in to the state, Now the state is telling us we have to prove >>that Ruth Stankawitz (the name on the policy) and Ruth Jeanette (the name >>on >>the death cert) are the same woman.....But we didn't even know she ever >>went by the name Stankawitz until this letter in Dec, we have NO IDEA who >>Mr.. Stankawitz was or is, and obviously no way to prove that she is the >>same woman.......I would appreciate ANY ideas on how to pursue this! >>Thanks!!!! >>~Dolly Beecher >>http://home.comcast.net/~cdbeech/ >> >> >> >>==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >>To leave the list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to >>mailto:PAPHILAD-L-request@RootsWeb.com for list mode or >>mailto:PAPHILAD-D-request@RootsWeb.com for digest mode >> >>============================== >>Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing > lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To > subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >