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MrVideo45@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Mr. Video45) writes:
> hello everyone, kinda new to this
> i have only recently begun to find any information whatsoever on my
> families geneaology even tho i have been curious for many years but
> still i am finding it very hard
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> my grandmother's maiden name is so ridiculously common that any searches
> haven't seemed to provide anything usefull
> there is also a family "story" (not sure how accuate) that my
> grandfather suposidly changed his name shortly after WW2 to avoid some
> sort of law trouble, not sure if he did this legally or not tho but i am
> unable to find anything whatsoever using his known surname, i seem to
> have hit a brick wall on that side
> would anyone be able to offer advice or some sort of search method that
> i could possibly try that i may have overlooked?
>
If they immigrated to the US, there's likely to be an immigration
record. I admittedly don't know whether Castle Garden or Ellis
Island will have the more recent records, but you might get luck
looking on Ancestry.
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