I was contacted by a lady who has been trying to find out about her birth family as she was adopted (though not legally). The reason she contacted me is that I have a man listed on one of my death indexes who seems to be a match for who she believes is her birth father and his mother's maiden name is listed as PIATT.
The entry that I had:
SHURTZ, EUGENE E MALE b: 25 Nov 1916 d: 2 Jan 1967 KANSAS LOS ANGELES SS# 551165830 mother's maiden name: PIATT
Part of he information on her birth certificate... place
Hi Piatt Researchers...
Doing some digging on William Piatt, b 1811 d 1900 who was married to Mary
Hoblizell and Mary Satterlee. He moved from the East Bend, KY area to
Cumberland Maryland in the 1860's and was at one time mayor.
In a local newspaper of 1866 there is a taxable person of interest named
Paul Piatt.
Anybody know anything about these folks? This William was a son of Robert
and Nancy (Jones) Piatt and Robert was a son of Daniel and Catherine
(Sherrad) PIatt. Major Daniel and Catherine had
Im so excited! Someone else from my line has submitted a dna sample to be
tested for our project. I hope this will help figure out why my dad didnt
match! This person would be an uncle to my grandfather (they share a dad
but not a mom) so if he and my dad match, we know the gene drops somewhere
beyond Carl Edward Pyatt. If he matches the Pyatts but not my dad, that
will make my search a whole lot easier because most of the generation I
would need to test are still living.
I can hardly wait!
If any of