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Do you know these people?

We are looking for these people. They may be related to us. We might know one or more of the people in these photographs, but we don’t know who they all are or maybe even where they are or what they are doing. Any help is appreciated. Please leave a comment with the specific post to let us know if you recognize any of these people.

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Do You Know These People? Family Story Highlights

Nishimura, Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan

On the first pages of the old photograph ablum of my grandfather, Howard W. West, and his time in the Marines and military, much of which was spent on the USS Arizona during the 1920s, I found a lovely signed photograph or postcard of an oriental woman. The signature reads: Nishimura Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan.
The first […]

Soap Opera Life: Louella Brunner Pinder Parrett, Mystery Ancestor

Faked marriage. Many marriages. Divorce. Adultry. Drugs and alcohol. Mental illness. Abandoned children. Orphanages. All this soap opera material adds up to our major mystery ancestor: Louella Brunner Pinder West Moorhause Parrett.
It’s really tough when much of the information you have on an ancestor is hearsay, gossip, rumors, and terrible family stories. But that’s all […]

Searching for Grandfather Anderson

The past two weeks has found me searching for Grandfather Anderson. All of them. Well, some I’ve found, but a lot I haven’t.
Let me tell you about two of the Grandfather Andersons we’re looking for.
Hans Anderson from Norway
Our original Hans Anderson arrived from Fredriksvern, Norway, to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1851. He was one of six […]

 
 
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Do You Know These People?

Do you know these people? Do you recognize them? These are some lost family and friends we are trying to identify, so check out our Do You Know These People lost and found section to help us identify these people.