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From: Stella Stanger <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Finding Living Descendants - Suggestions?
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:57:17 -0700
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Hi Steve, A letter - identifying yourself - and your interests - in
researching your family
and possible connection with their family. Include your telephone
number - and e mail address.

Enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope -for their reply.

This allows the person/s the opportunity - to decide whether they
wish to respond - or not.

Or: A telephone call - followed up by a letter.
* I sent out 121 letters -over time -
received 4 positive responses. Some of the letters were returned
unopened Some claimed no knowledge - Turned out that all were family
connected - to my family.
Some of the younger -persons - just didn't know - Some of the elders
- were suspicious. ** Some returned the mail ,keeping the stamps.

Cheers, Stella



At 01:25 PM 22/08/2008, you wrote:
>Does anyone have suggestions for finding living descendants in the hopes of
>learning more on different family branches?
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>With privacy being such an issue nowadays, I'm not sure the best way of
>doing this and don't want to come across as a scam artist!
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>I have an obituary from April 2007 (age 75) for a Barbara MOORE of Toronto,
>wife of Dalton MOORE, mother of Robert and wife Christa, sister of Shirley
>REARDON, Aunt of John REARDON & Cathy JENSEN (nee REARDON). All these
>people are in the Scarborough/Toronto area and I would like to contact one
>of them to learn more of their MARSHALL family, a connection to my own.
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>Any suggestions??
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>Steve Marshall
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