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From: "norah collins" <>
Subject: Re: [LDR] Vincent/Hastings
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:15:13 -0400
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TOOLATE. I CALLED CARROLS WIDOW AND SHE WAS VERY NICE. SHEREFERED ME TO HER
SISTER IN LAW MAY. I CALLED HER AND LEFT A MESSAGE. HOPEFULLY SHE'LL TALK
TO VIRGINIA AND CALL ME BACK. SHE'S BORN 1924 SO I HOPE SHE CALLS. I
EXPLAINED TO HER ABOUT THE SWAB AND MAILING SO MAYBE ONE OF THE BOYS WILL.
SHE SAID THERE ARE 5 OR 6 AND SOME OF THE HUSTONS IN NEW JERSEY.

NORAH
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LDR] Vincent/Hastings


> NORAH,
>
> SINCE YOU WANT DNA FROM THEM, PERHAPS A LETTER OF EXPLANATION FIRST MIGHT
> BE BEST. I AM ONLY GOING TO ASK IF THEY KNOW THE NAME OF ONE PERSON,
> WHICH
> IS NOT QUITE AS INTRUSIVE. WHEN I WAS WORKING ON MY FATHER'S FAMILY, I
> SENT LETTERS AND INCLUDED A FAMILY PORTRAIT, WHICH EVERYONE HAD, SO THEY
> WOULD KNOW THAT I REALLY WAS ONE OF THEM.
>
> ELIZABETH
>
>
> In a message dated 7/10/2009 1:30:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> HI LIST,
> I HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM. I KNEW SOME HUSTONS FOR YEARS BUT DIDN'T KNOW
> THEY WERE RELATED. ALL THREE BROTHERS ARE DECEASED AND THOUGH I MET TWO
> OF
> THEMS WIDOWS YEARS AGO I NEED TO CALL ONE OF THEM AND ASK THEM TO SPEAK
> TO
> THEIR SONS AND OPEN THE WAY TO ASK ABOUT DNA TESTING. I SHOULD HAVE
> STARTED
> SOONER WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE. I DON'TEVEN KNOW IF THEY'LL REMEMBER
> MEETING
> ME.
>
> NORAH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Lou Swank" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [LDR] Vincent/Hastings
>
>
>> Hi, Elizabeth,
>>
>> I have no connections to the Hastings families, but will suggest that
> you
>> go
>> ahead and call the distant cousin(s) you are considering. I have picked
>> up
>> the phone a few times, probably numbering some 8-10, calling persons I
>> thought might know something more on my family lines. The bad news is
>> that
>> not a one of them did. The good news is that in every case my call was
>> well
>> received and resulted in some wonderful conversations. The people I
>> have
>> called ranged in age from 74 to 89. I always give my full name, the
>> reason
>> I am calling and why I think we are related. Of course, I have made
> sure
>> we
>> were related before I called.
>>
>> Initially, I try to ask about grandparents or maybe parents, but never
>> personal questions about them until they start volunteering information.
>> By
>> that time, they are comfortable talking with me. I am careful in my
>> questions initially because I do not want to scare anyone. I also
> answer
>> every last question they ask of me fully, including how old I am and
> where
>> I
>> live (the most common).
>>
>> I did write one letter to an 89 year old second cousin once removed,
>> telling
>> him how we are related, asking a couple of questions and including all
>> means
>> of contacting me. Cousin Bill called me the day he received my letter,
>> and
>> we have talked several times since!
>>
>> I hope you have the same good luck and wonderful conversations I have
> had.
>> Even if you don't learn what you are looking for, you will almost
>> certainly
>> hear at least one story you had not heard before.
>>
>> Mary Lou
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:12 AM
>> Subject: [LDR] Vincent/Hastings
>>
>>
>>>I have a new discovery, which has put me in a quandary. I have (I
>>> believe) finally found some people who are directly descended from my
>>> Lucinda, and
>>> they are still alive! I desperately want to call them to ask if they
>>> happen to know to whom she was married (if anyone), but fear that they
>>> will
>>> think I am some sort of loon.
>>>
>>> Is anyone on the list connected with some Hastings families in Laurel,
>>> DE?
>>>
>>>
>>> What would you all do? Call, or write? Anywho does not seem to
> provide
>>> a
>>> proper mailing address, and I really do want to just ask them this one
>>> question. Even though they must be some degree of cousin, I have no
> wish
>>> to
>>> enter their lives or anything, I just hope to find my personal Grail.
>>>
>>> Elizabeth
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