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From the March 2007 Re-Echo

You may recall the inquiry that was made from Historical Society member Mrs. Marlen Rice Warren, looking for someone who had known her cousin. The following is her account of what transpired. We have a very large mailing list, so you are encouraged to take advantage of our resources.

“When I put an inquiry about my cousins John and Marjorie Woodhead and their son John III in the last Re-Echo, I wasn’t too hopeful for a reply, since, the Minneapolis Suburban Directory indicated that they had probably left St. Louis Park about 1960.

So I was excited when Jeanne Andersen called to say that the Society had received this email: “I am the son John III to whom you refer. How can I help?”

Since then, John (“Jack”), who lives in Georgia, and I have been in touch by phone and email, comparing notes about our Scottish ancestors who came to America to work in the Pennsylvania coals mines. Their two youngest children, the only ones born in this country, were his grandmother and mine.

An added bonus is that Jack contacted another family member in New Jersey who has done considerable genealogical research on Scotland and I am the grateful recipient of that information plus a copy of the published family cookbook!”

 

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