Alice:
Do you have your mother’s parents’ names and approximate birthdates?
If you are not sure where your mother was born, we can try to track down her parents and they may then lead us to her. It is more probable that her parents are in one of the LDS databases and therefore we can search across multiple municipalities and states for them.
If you can gather that info, I would be more than willing to try to track them down.
Alice:
Do you have your mother’s parents’ names and approximate birthdates?
If you are not sure where your mother was born, we can try to track down her parents and they may then lead us to her. It is more probable that her parents are in one of the LDS databases and therefore we can search across multiple municipalities and states for them.
If you can gather that info, I would be more than willing to try to track them down.
Dear Alicia:
Thank you for answering Alice. Yes, this is exactly what I do. My LDS site has a microfilm printer. I am able to print copies of records for 10 cents each and then take them home and scan with my computer. We are not so fortunate to have the digital scans yet.
To Alice:
Do not be discouraged. I am unable to find the birth or marriage records for my husband’s grandmother and grandfather. I have their parents and grandparents, brothers and sister’s but have not found them yet. They are listed as patrons on baptisms and their own children’s baptisms. I am getting the Valle de Guadalupe records to try to pinpoint their marriage year by the baptism of their oldest child. I also know Catarina’s approximate age as it was listed on one of the baptisms where she was a patron. Sometimes other family member’s records will give you clues. For instance I found my great great grandfather’s parents names by looking at a marriage registration of his brother. I am unable to find my great great grandfather’s marriage, but I have a film ordered with my great great grandmother’s sisters’ marriages and hope her marriage may also be on this film. I know who the sisters married names as they were listed on their father’s will. One time I approximated my great grandfather’s death by looking at his son’s and daughter’s marriages, which listed whether the father is deceased. My point is, sometimes different types of records from other family members will lead you to or give you clues to the one you are searching. Happy hunting!
Dear Alicia:
Thank you for answering Alice. Yes, this is exactly what I do. My LDS site has a microfilm printer. I am able to print copies of records for 10 cents each and then take them home and scan with my computer. We are not so fortunate to have the digital scans yet.
To Alice:
Do not be discouraged. I am unable to find the birth or marriage records for my husband’s grandmother and grandfather. I have their parents and grandparents, brothers and sister’s but have not found them yet. They are listed as patrons on baptisms and their own children’s baptisms. I am getting the Valle de Guadalupe records to try to pinpoint their marriage year by the baptism of their oldest child. I also know Catarina’s approximate age as it was listed on one of the baptisms where she was a patron. Sometimes other family member’s records will give you clues. For instance I found my great great grandfather’s parents names by looking at a marriage registration of his brother. I am unable to find my great great grandfather’s marriage, but I have a film ordered with my great great grandmother’s sisters’ marriages and hope her marriage may also be on this film. I know who the sisters married names as they were listed on their father’s will. One time I approximated my great grandfather’s death by looking at his son’s and daughter’s marriages, which listed whether the father is deceased. My point is, sometimes different types of records from other family members will lead you to or give you clues to the one you are searching. Happy hunting!
