Continued hope ~ It's all we've got some days

Great video. I hope it helps!

Great video, Nugget. I remember reading your journal at the beginning of the year and hoping that one day you would find your bfather. I don't know if you remember me sending you a PM ages ago (you did reply) but I am in the same position myself, my own bmother died fairly young without telling anyone about me but I have been able to get in touch with friends of hers that she went overseas with so I now have a first name for him. I'm not giving up hope either. Have you tried doing one of those family finder DNA tests: [url=http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/family-finder.aspx]Family Tree DNA - Genetic testing to answer your genealogy questions[/url] I have read stories about this particular company and they seem quite good. Of course, they can only link you with other people who have also sent in DNA to them but they do link to many generations (you might find a 5th cousin or something). It is worth reading about anyway because even if you did only link to a distant relative, that is a stepping stone. I am thinking I might have to do that myself one day. Good Luck - let us know how you go! I have wondered how your search was going. I am pleased that things are still going well with your sister. You really do look alike and you look so much like your beautiful bmother.

I've heard good things about Family Tree and may just yet try that. Dottye, my first mom, was adopted as well so at some point I'd love to find her birth family for heritage anyway. Maybe Family tree could make that along easier. My video is getting a lot of hits. I hope it will get tons and then maybe media will show some interest............ Have you found your birth father?? Or you're still looking as well??

I'm still looking. As I said above, I just have a first name (plus the description from non-identifying ID). I do know he travelled on the same ship as her in 1963 which is how they met. One of the friends mentioned above did think her ex-husband might know more but I haven't been able to contact her again (I tried emailing her and called once - got answer machine) so I am in a bit of a limbo at the moment. I might try putting a request in the newspaper for more information - The Daily Telegraph (which is a Sydney newspaper) has a section where you can put in a request to try and find people - it is just under the Letters and everyone reads it. It is how I managed to find the friends that went overseas with my bmother. Are there any large city newspapers near where your father would have grown up that have the same facility?

You're a perfect example of why I have tried anything that comes to mind. They do have papers, I tried posting in memorial with Dottye's photos in Vegas (where my birth father worked) as well as Columbus where she died. Didn't get anything from those. But last week I sent out letters to people. They were people with the same name as people who signed her funeral book. So far I have gotten one hit but he didn't know her, he attended the funeral as a work friend of her husbands. He was able to tell me an interesting story which was nice even if it had nothing to do with her being pregnant with me you know.........

I do have to say at present, I am just concentrating on getting to know more about my bmother. I do sometimes wonderif my bmother's husband knows anything but I have never spoken to him, he presumably doesn't know of my existence. My extended family feel that he "might not understand" so I haven't contacted him. Sadly, he doesn't have long to live so I can't contact him now. The reason I mentioned about the Daily Telegraph was that it is the only newspaper I have seen that has a specific section for people searching for others - I have never seen it in any other paper. That was why I suggested you look around to see if there is a fairly local paper to your bfather's home town&nearest big city or Las Vegas that has a similar facility. I did assume that you would have tried advertising in newspapers already (as you have said re memorial page). Also, that was a good idea contacting people in her funeral book :). Btw I bet it was great to find about something new about your bmother even if it wasn't what you were hoping.