Hi Faye, I know almost nothing about my dad other than what I told you. Unfortunately my mother seems to have blocked out all of her memories of that part of her life and can't seem to tell me anything. She doesn't even remember his parents names. I don't know when they were married or really much about where they lived. They were divorced when I was a baby so I just don't have access to any information. He was in the Air Force in the late 50's, and I don't think he served in any wars. I heard he spent some time in jail in the early 60's in Florida, but I don't know where. I just don't have much information to go on yet. I also was told that he has a sister that is a nun in the Catholic church but I don't know where she is located. I haven't really looked into that angle too much yet. That may or may not produce some fruit. Thanks so much for all of your suggestions. -Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faye Parker" <fairplay51@yahoo.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] Need some information > A quick question what years did he serve, or his age??? If he' s in mid to late 70's might be WWII vet, early 70's Korea, 45-55 maybe Vietnam???? Might check with veterans of the correct war for help or information especially if you know where and when he served. Was he disabled/war related disability???? > > Could he have belonged to the VFW or DAV, Shriners, Elks, Moose, Lions or maybe if their's was a church wedding church records???? If you have your grandmother or mother's obit, check pall bearers names. if you know funeral home, check the guest list for them???? > > Just throwing out ideas of places often overlooked by people. My friends call it the *scattergun affect*. > > > Southern to the bone and proud member of the IBSSG > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMIN: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >