This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CCC.2ACE/2977.1 Message Board Post: > looking for...bob robinson, lenerd robinson, or my > aunt bert. my cousins are, kathelene, maelene, > georga, billy dixie, darlene audry. ... i am 54 so > they would all be my age and older. last i knew > they all lived in washington state. If you hope to find family, first try to get more information on them from your own relatives. If your parents are alive, ask them. Do/Did your parents have an address book? Look in it. Do/Did they have any old letters? Do/Did your parents keep wedding announcements? Did you get invited to one of the girl's weddings? Do you remember where they may have gone to school? Newspaper clippings? Do you have any other cousins or friends that might know of them or where they are living? Do you have any children that may have been in contact with them? Do you have any recollections of where they may have lived? When were you last in contact? What were their occupations? If Bob owned a 3000 acre cattle ranch, he probably didn't live in Seattle, probably in Eastern Washington. If Leonard was in the navy, he probably wouldn't be living in Eastern Washington (but he could). Did they mention scenic sites in their living area? The Space Needle, Grand Coulee Dam, went skiing! at Mt Spokane. Etc. Are Bob Robinson and Lenard/Leonard Robinson brothers? Is "Aunt Bert", the wife of one of them and her last name is Robinson, or another name? Were the other names given, sons and daughters of Bob, or Leonard, or "Aunt Bert"? From the Washington Death Index: I found a "Birdie Robinson" died at age 50, but on 12 Oct 1943, so assuming this is the wrong person. I found a large number of William Robinson's, but could find any of the names as indicated, without additional information. Ron Bestrom