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  12. docoflove1974

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    That's when you start hitting the internet and geneology/historical society sites. We were lucky in that we still have the passports that my great-grandparents used when they came over, but we poked around until we could find a central agency to get us a copy of their birth and marriage certificates. Once we did that, we can get any information on our family tree.

     

    As for my paternal side, ironically enough, that's harder. Because so much of the family is 1) poor; which leads to 2) born without certificates, they're harder to trace. But my paternal grandmother's side has been traced back to 1640 (my uncle did that), and my aunt is working on the paternal grandfather's side. It's been a tough rode, and one had to constantly ask questions. If your family doesn't want to answer, just say it's so that the family legacy can continue. If that still doesn't work...well, try other routes! Write letters and emails to the central agencies (town halls, archives, etc.) from where your family is from, and someone can probably help you. If you want to know, there's always a way!

     

    I have signed up for numerous of these sites and each one only tells only European genealogy. Ancestry.com only for Europeans. My parents came from Egypt when they were young so I don't have much to work with. How were you able to get information? Did you get help from sites?

  13. docoflove1974

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    I don't remember anything past my great grand parents. ;)

     

    Well start asking about them! I did! My great-grandparents were all dead by 1953, and my grandfathers both died when my parents were teenagers. My paternal grandmother died when I was 8 months old. I know about them, and other members of my family, because I asked questions, wanting to know more abou them, their lives, and why they made the choices that they did. Know more about your past, and you will appreciate your present and your future.

     

    The problem is I only have one grandmother that lives in Alexandria. My parents really don't know about their past therefore its hard to really start from anywhere. I have a lot of questions unfortunately I don't think I'll find much answers especially since my grand parents didn't leave much of a history behind.

  15. Antiochus of Seleucia

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    one of those countries happens to be mines and my fathered suffered greatly when the Americans didn't live up to their promises.

     

    Wild guess... Hungary?

     

    Think RSVN

     

    Europe or Asia? There are currently no 3rd world countries in Europe, they are all industrialized nations. (Even Greece.)

     

    Edit: I figured out from South Vietnam. Your father was probably promised a democratic country but the Americans failed while you father served in the navy.

     

    Am I right, or crazy?

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