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From: Merle C Rummel <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Baker Fraud
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:20:34 -0400
References: <20101007.185631.2868.0.MyersWD@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101007.185631.2868.0.MyersWD@juno.com>


> There was a Baker estate hoax, which I believe was based in
> Philadelphia, that this lineage was contacted with. People ended up
> being convicted of fraud, etc., so this was a very serious situation.
> Much to my frustration, I haven't been able to get any *definitive*
> information on which Baker lineages are part of the fraud and which
> aren't.


I remember that my father told how his mother refused to pay money into
what became the Baker Fraud, while her sisters did and lost it (she had
a brother also, I do not remember him being mentioned). Ours was an
Adam Baker/Catherine Miller line of Lehigh Co PA.

I have some tracing on the family, if anyone is interested.

Merle C Rummel

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