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From: "Slip.Net User" <> (by way of Genealogy Records Service <>
Subject: Re: Contact EVERYONE!
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 19:07:45 -0800

I agree!!   I reviewed an insurance policy on a gr-gr uncle that my cousins
had saved and it listed more siblings and their births (that had died
young).  So read all those policies out there.  Good Luck,  Diane
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From: George G. Morgan (by way of Genealogy Records Service
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To: <>
Date: Saturday, January 31, 1998 12:10 AM
Subject: Contact EVERYONE!

>I have had a "religious" experience tonight and there is a reason why I
>want to share it. Although my brother and I are 12 years apart in age,
>we have become quite close. He's known for years that I'm the family
>genealogist and historian, and every once in a while he'll "locate"
>something of interest and send it.
>
>Several weeks ago, my sister-in-law ran across two cartons of "things
>you might be interested in." Through telephone conversations I learned
>that there was a massive treasure trove of materials including:
>
>- Love letters between my father's parents from 1900-1902 before they
>married
>- Obituaries
>- Tombstone photos taken 20 years ago in a place I didn't know I had a
>collateral line
>- Social security cards (originals) of my grandmother and favorite aunt
>- Copies of wills and probate papers
>- The original deed for my parents' home
>- Life and home insurance policies
>- The engraved invitation to my parents' wedding
>- A copy of an unpublished genealogy on my maternal grandfather's
>family, a dead end I'd been working for two years
>
>And there were other things too! My sister-in-law convinced my brother
>that these materials should be shipped to me for review and
>preservation. The box arrived yesterday afternoon. I now have another
>year's worth of input and lots of new research avenues.
>
>The point here is this: ask EVERYONE you can think of what they know
>AND what they have around the house. Somewhere there may be a carton
>that someone knows about with all types of wonderful information. Even
>if you've asked before, ask again -- perhaps in a casual conversation
>and not so much as begging and whining. :-)
>
>Good luck! I'm gonna be busy!
>
>George Morgan
>
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