This makes me curious --<br>I recently got cable tv and have wasted too much time watching all sorts of stuff. Just saw a show called The Locator - anyone familiar with this? From the couple cases I saw, some seemed incredibly easy (the daughter was on Facebook) and some were real sob stories.<br> I don't do 20th century searches, really. Does anyone who does heir searching have any comment on this show? At a quick view it looks like an abridged version of the process of research, kind of like History Detectives. Probably will not show all the dead ends.<br> J<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Bonnie Kohler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kohlerbj@bellsouth.net">kohlerbj@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> In regard to searching for the living, several years ago, when I was first<br> learning how to research, I posted a message to a message board in search of<br> a friend from elementary school. (I wouldn't use the boards for that now.) I<br> didn't get a reply.<br> <br> A few years later, a law firm in Austria saw my post and contacted me. They<br> were looking for descendants of my friend's deceased mother. By then my<br> search skills had advanced to the point where I could tell them where to<br> find the obituary for the mother. As a result, my friend and her sibling<br> received an inheritance.<br> <br> Bonnie Dunphy Kohler<br> APG member, Florida<br> <div class="im"><br> ----- Original Message -----<br> From: "Valerie A. Metzler" <<a href="mailto:vmah@keyconn.net">vmah@keyconn.net</a>><br> To: <<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</a>><br> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:25 PM<br> Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Genealogical vs. Non-genealogical<br> <br> <br> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> I, too, have found missing persons including an old girlfriend.<br> > ................................<br> > Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A.<br> > Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian<br> > 114 Ruskin Drive<br> > Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602<br> > 814 932 1740<br> > fax 940 0493<br> > <a href="mailto:vmah@keyconn.net">vmah@keyconn.net</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > APG Public Mailing List<br> > <a href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/" target="_blank">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> APG Public Mailing List<br> <a href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/" target="_blank">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>