genealogy coincidence
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I had been working on this one family line for ten years and hit a wall. We went to Germany searching for information. Found church records office closed for two weeks (manager out of town on vacation). Records at town hall didn't go back before 1850...they were in Stuttgart and we needed an appointment and couldn't get it due to local holidays. Left with nothing new on our search except photos and a few contacts in Germany with the same last name and no link found. Returned home and, on my computer while I was gone, I had received an e-mail from an unknown third cousin (through a known third cousin's request to him), giving me information his brother had gotten in Germany when he was stationed there, and got back two more generations with that one e-mail...sitting on my computer while I was over in Germany looking to no avail.
Date submitted:Tue, 22 May 2012 04:27:40 +0000Coincidence ID:6388
