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hunter

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8. Many of my own ancestors are "lost" and untraceable...

Reply to Galileo126 (Reply #1)

Thu May 22, 2014, 10:41 AM

May 2014

... but I suspect it's because the wanted it that way and I respect that.

A guy who jumps off a ship in San Francisco, or another guy dodging conscription, or a woman escaping an abusive relationship... they wouldn't want to be found.

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A Painting Hangs Over My Life [View all] cali May 2014 OP

Wow Galileo126 May 2014 #1

thank you so much. Writing has kind of been my "dirty" little secret for decades cali May 2014 #2

Sadly, there isn't much point Galileo126 May 2014 #3

I think the census bureau has some kind of a soundex SheilaT May 2014 #4

Ancestry has a Soundex - indexing by how name sound as well as spelling variations csziggy Jun 2014 #12

Many of my own ancestors are "lost" and untraceable... hunter May 2014 #8

pauline and fanny neustatter konrad May 2014 #5

I have never heard of another portrait and cali May 2014 #6

I responded to your private message cali May 2014 #7

It's amazing the rich family histories people have Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #9

My father's family, originally from Denmark, homesteaded in South Dakota Jackpine Radical Jun 2014 #10

Amazing. Thank you for sharing! derby378 Jun 2014 #11

Beautiful! McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #13

Thank you so much, McCamy cali Jun 2014 #14