Lost
Friend or Relative Search/Location
Are
you a descendant of royalty or peasants?
Tracing your family history could reveal
the secrets of the past. Not only is
it interesting to find out what steps your
ancestors took to come to this country, but
it is also informative to know your
family's medical history. Who knows;
you might find a distant relative and
bring a family together like in the
following two cases...
CASE
#1: In 1928, a man died and left a
widow with eight children, all under age
15. Unable to care for them, the
mother put them up for adoption.
Three of the children went to live with
different relatives. Two lived with their
mother, who eventually remarried. A local
family adopted two of the children (a set
of twins). The remaining child, a
daughter, was adopted and left the state
in 1931.
70
years later, one of our researchers was
given the task of tracing this family’s
history and bringing the siblings back
together. One sibling (who was now 76)
when found, said that it was her dying
sister’s wish to locate the sibling that
had left the state in 1931.
Searching through microfilm and
with the aid of a network, the missing
sister was traced from California to
Connecticut. Her name had been
changed, and she had never even been told
that she had been adopted! When our
researcher located her, needless to say,
she was very shocked but grateful to hear
about her past. A family reunion
soon followed, and a shattered family was
finally back together after 70 years!
CASE
#2: A
26-year-old woman wanted to locate her
birth mother. Although she loved her
adoptive family, she felt that something
was missing in her life and wanted to make
that connection. Several weeks and many
states later, one of our researchers found
her birth mother! Although the birth
mother wasn’t ready to be reunited with
her daughter, a close aunt reported that the
birth father had been searching for his
daughter for several years!
The
aunt helped to reunite the daughter and
her birth father just a week later! It
wasn't long afterward that the birth
mother and daughter were also reunited,
once the birth mother was emotionally
ready.
To
successfully complete a search, it takes
more than exceptional research skills and
efficient use of a strong cross-country
network. Coupled with these proficiencies
is the delicate role as mediator, between those who are searching, and those
who are found.
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