Digging for ancestors...

[Freedom]

Wow, that is so exiting for you!!

Years ago we got the opportunity to sign in for a book about my hubby's last name "Gabriels". It is a great book, and it has a chapter with "Gabriels" people from all over the world! Of course, our name and address are on that list too

How exciting!

I started working family trees when I was in my teens. It has been SUCH fun, very interesting. I was able to do both my Mum's side and my Dad's side. I can still remember the anticipation each time I'd reach for the phone to make initial contact. (This was pre Internet.) Would they be willing to talk to me? Would we be able to figure out how they fit on the tree?

I also got the book mentioned above, for my Dad's side of the family.

Great job, keep at it!

[Randi]

Yes, it IS really interesting, I didn't even know how many brother's/sister's my grandfather had, or their names. To begin with I thought only two of them had emigrated, but I've later been told that possible three others also emigrated. Can't find them on the ship though.

In the e-mail I have a copy of, the guy says: "I have been thinking of trying to transfer to Germany, so I could tour the area - I have yet to convince my wife" Mind you, this was written in 1997! (they had a boy 3, and girl two at the time) In any case, he seems interested to find out more too.

Apart from this, you come across many other interesting sites, you'd never thought of visiting.

Laurie, it's great you got contact! Hope I do too! Perhaps he'll give me a tour in an F16 - or whatever they fly these days!!

[Lady's Human]

Tsgt (Or tech sergeant) is an E-6 in the US Air Force.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_Sergeant

[Randi]

Thank you, now I know who I'm dealing with - more or less.

[lizbud]

I think it's great to find or keep up with relatives in other countries.
I never had to dig too far on my Mom's side of the family as she & my
Grandma regularly corresponded with family back in Ireland. My brother,
my children and the nieces & nephews have even gone back to visit
with family still there. I sort of drifted away from my Dad's people, but
most of them are still in Indiana.

[Sevaede]

I found his address and telephone no. in Walla Wall... what a name for a town!! - and possibly a valid e-mail address, so have written a short note.

Are you sure it's not Walla Walla? There's Walla Walla, Washington. That's not terribly far from where I live.

Your family seems to have traveled much of the same path as my dads.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I have been following along with Randi as she has been doing her investigation. So exciting! An excellent resource, if you foreparents immigrated from Europe is the Ellis Island website. We found the ship, etc, of my grandfather on there.

[Randi]

I have been using this first one a lot. When you get on the site, click Advanced Search and then click IGI in the left side - type in the names and go to Region and choose. Take a look at the other links as well!

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.cyndislist.com

http://www.ellisisland.org/

http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson23.htm

http://genealogy.com/index_r.html

http://www.ancestry.com/myancestry/

Good luck hunting!

Wenisrubber, do you know of a site where you can find people's e-mail address in Walla Walla? I do have the snail mail address... and yes, it is Walla Walla - it was a typo.

Liz, I sort of drifted away from my dad's family too, he had only one brother, who had 3 children. The thing is, I have lived in Copenhagen all my life, my parents moved here in 1948, and the rest stayed in the countryside.

I also found some pictures from the areas they came from here:
http://www.grytner.dk/~grytner/H-Arkivet/index.htm

Click on Billedsamlingen, and then Flere billeder.....

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Thanks for the links, Randi!!
The 4th one doesn't work...

[Randi]

Well Lut, it does for me, but I suppose it depends on what browser you're using. I use Safari. If you're on a PC, try Firefox or Opera, they're both good.