RStrcnr@aol.com wrote: >Wanda, this is the problem, her mother died at her birth.She grew up with her >grandfather and he died around 1921-1924 and she was put in an orphanage in >Ft.Worth,Tx. We know nothing of her father either. She was 5-8 yrs of age when >her grandfather died. On her birth certificate made in 1942 says she was born >in Paradise,Tx Wise Co. These are the only clues I have. I also had a possible >name of Brown,my grandmother had said years ago .But we don't knoe forsure . >I know this is a hard one ,but I sure hope to find piece by piece till I find >her family. She passed away in 1986 in Corpus Christi,Tx >Thankyou so much, Richard Stracener > Was she at the Masonic Home or Lena Pope? They should have some record. I grew up in the Methodist Children's Home at Waco. Even foundlings they searched out the actual identy. All may not do that but it is a chance. What was her given name & birth date? Have you checked the births on record for that date? Of course all were not recorded but my mother's brothers & sisters who were born at Paradise are listed in that book and they were born in the late 1800s. There is a copy at the museum I think. You might even be able to purchase a copy there. Who placed her in the orphanage? Wanda in Seymour in the great State of TEXAS, USA