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I Think I Just Found My Sister
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An Olde Crone | Report | 28 Jan 2007 12:41 |
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Paul Your mother isnt related to my father, is she, lol! He had exactly the same attitude - why would some distant relative get in touch, unless they were after money! OC |
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Heather | Report | 28 Jan 2007 11:05 |
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Thats great Gemma, well done - hope it works out well for you. Paul, do you have money then????? |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 28 Jan 2007 09:13 |
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Some people have a funny attitude about all this. My mother for instance worries that if I make contact with a relative they will pester me for money. Most odd. But that's the way she thinks. I managed to persuade her to meet up with a woman I had found who shares the same great grandfather as her. We had a lovely pub lunch together and now they are the best of friends and exchange christmas cards etc. But before they met she was really fretting. |
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Gemma | Report | 28 Jan 2007 07:25 |
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A massive thank you to all at GR.without the support of you all i don't think i could have kept going. and boy am i glad i did,ecstatic infact.........I FOUND HER!!!!!! i have not recieved a reply yet but it turns out her account is inactive i do,however have an address for her so i will be writing to her as soon as possible THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU |
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Bacardi | Report | 27 Jan 2007 23:22 |
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go for it hunnie,how exciting for you and nerve racking hugs bacardi xxxx |
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Derek | Report | 27 Jan 2007 22:21 |
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replied direct. according to friends reunited,the young lady has not been active since july 2006.which may be why no response. best wishes derek |
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Kathlyn | Report | 27 Jan 2007 19:47 |
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Had a similar problem. Emailed three very possible matches, two went down the lefthand side of the tree, quite a distance from my side, but they replied very quickly. Both suggested I contact the third person as that was the branch I needed. I did this post haste, in fact i emailed 5 times, but with no response. In desperation I contacted one of the other matches and told them I had no luck with getting a reply to my message. He got in touch with her and guess what, she had changed her email address, so never received any of my emails. He has now contacted her and asked her to email me direct, so remember....'If at first you don`t succeed, try, and try again' Good luck Kathlyn |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 27 Jan 2007 18:52 |
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And another tip, if you do get a reply don't rush to type a message back immediately, walk into the kitchen, make a cup of tea, nibble a biscuit, phone a friend anything. Just give yourself a breathing space to think about your reply before you start typing. Good luck |
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Ann | Report | 27 Jan 2007 18:39 |
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Hi Gemma The first B/relative I found on GR took weeks to answer my e-mail! After searching for so long I was impatient for a reply! I know it's frustrating but don't give up. I don't know when you last contacted the person but if it WAS a while ago,It might be they have missed an e-mail or vice versa You could send another message (change the subject title maybe). Try not to be too pushy though! Good luck. Regards Ann |
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Mary | Report | 27 Jan 2007 16:01 |
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I found my half brother through help from this site and looking on the electoral roll for the town he was living in .I wrote to his daughters address and waited for a reply and sure enough he did phone me and we are going to meet soon .So maybe you could do it that way too! He didnt know of me ,but alls ended well ,good luck with your search regards M |
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Gemma | Report | 27 Jan 2007 15:35 |
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HELP I REALLY WAS SO CLOSE TO JUST GIVING UP BUT YOUR KIND WORDS AND THOUGHTFULNESS HAS REALLY HELPED TO LIFT MY SPIRITS I WILL YOU THE VERY BST OF LUCK IN YOUR OWN SEARCHES. MAY ALL OF OUR DREAMS COME TRUE XX |
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ErikaH | Report | 27 Jan 2007 15:25 |
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Gemma has a couple of threads asking about Electoral Rolls etc.......there are responses on them........awaiting Gemma's return Reg |
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Heather | Report | 27 Jan 2007 15:22 |
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Do you think may be it was someone else with your sister in their tree and not actually your sister putting the info on here? If you want to get in touch, have you tried any other ways like electoral rolls or telephone directories? |
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ErikaH | Report | 27 Jan 2007 15:09 |
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You must be patient.........your message may have come as a shock. Do you have reason to think she knew about you? If not........well, put yourself in her shoes. Hope it works out Reg |
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Irene | Report | 27 Jan 2007 13:28 |
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Perhaps she has not been on her pc for awhile - she could be on holiday. Keep sending the messages and be lucky. Irene |
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Gemma | Report | 27 Jan 2007 13:09 |
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I GOT A HOT MATCH THROUGH EMAIL AND ALL THE INFO MATCHES EXACTLY. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I HAD SENT A FEW MESSAGES TO HER BUT HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY REPLIES SINCE I SENT THE FIRST MESSAGE 2-3 MONTHS AGO....CAN ANYONE HELP ME???? WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE???? I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR APPROX 6 YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING NOWHERE |
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