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From: "Barbara Bodie" <>
Subject: Re: [GADDIS] Don't Give Up
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:40:45 -0400


Hi Jo:

I am so new that I'm not even sure how to check the census!
I just got some geneology books and am diggging in. All I really know is
that my mother was born in Bowling Green, Ky in 1910. I think all the
children except the youngest were born at home. I appreciate the Gaddis
site. I have been reading each item as it comes across my email. The problem
is I do not know the names of my Great Grandparents. What does one do then?

Thanks for the encouragement
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: jmautrey <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [GADDIS] Don't Give Up


> Barabara,
>
> We are here for you, please don't give up. If you need some ideas, I
> believe there are enough of us here to collect our thoughts and perhaps
give
> some ideas on ideas to help you.
>
> Since we don't know how much you have done on your research, I must ask a
> few questions.
>
> Have you located your immediate family on the 1920 census, and then gone
> back for each census before that to locate where they are? If you have
not
> already done this, you may be surprised at the amount of information you
can
> obtain from a census report. It all depends on the census taker getting
the
> information. While it is more difficult to research women as their names
> change when getting married, it is still possible to do so.
>
> Please, every one, if you have problems, this is the perfect place to post
> your research areas and the problems you are having. We discuss genealogy
> here, and helping each other is the main purpose of this list. We gather
> here to discuss and share, and that includes our problems and brick walls.
>
> I do suggest we all take advantage of all that Roots provides for us,
> including the various posting boards on our Gaddis site. Let's try to
make
> it a goal to add something to each of the boards Patty has provided for us
> so we can collectively find our families.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jo Autrey
> Gaddis Group # 7
> -----
> From: Barbara Bodie <>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [GADDIS] Don't Give Up
>
>
> > Thank you! Thank you!
> > I now feel silly that I was getting discouraged after only a few months
of
> > searching.
>
>
>
>
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