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<body class='hmmessage'><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>Dear Mr. Strickland,</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>A fair question, and I thank you for asking. Thanks also for the tip.</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>To answer your question:</FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>-My Great-Grandfather is Wm. Otto Grimm of Bemidji, MN. (your classmate Alfred F. Grimm's brother)</FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>-My Grandfather is Wm. Donald Grimm of Duluth, MN (William Otto's Son)</FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>-My Mother is Janice Dorothy (Grimm) Smith (Wm. Donald's daughter)</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>Frank and his family left Bemidji, MN for better work in the lumber industry. I've </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>never had the pleasure of meeting them. </FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>I feel fortunate to have known my </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>Great Grandparents Wm. Otto and his wife Bertha, who stayed behind in Bemidji.</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>I am really trying to piece together the family story, more than just names and dates and I have compiled a great deal of </FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3>information so far, but I have hit the proverbial wall regarding Frank and his family because of the distance.</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3>Very Respectfully,</FONT></STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3>Don Smith</FONT></STRONG><BR>
<STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3>Mesa, AZ</FONT></STRONG><BR><BR>
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:10 -0700<BR>From: lechevrier@earthlink.net<BR>To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us; donald_smith222@msn.com<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] FW: Frank Grimm Family<BR><BR>
<META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator>DONALD SMITH wrote: <BR>
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<><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" color=#000080 size=3><STRONG>... I am not really sure where to begin. </STRONG></FONT><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3>If anyone can point me in a direction that will help me find these things, I would appreciate it.</FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I'd probably start at the Klamath County Library, were I in K Falls. If not, I'd make some effort to get there or find a local volunteer.<BR><BR>I believe their microfilm of the local paper (Herald & News - <A class=EC_moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.heraldandnews.com/" target=_blank>http://www.heraldandnews.com/</A>) covers the time period required for obits, and probably some birth announcements. Obits would possibly have fraternal info.<BR><BR>If Alfred is Alfred F Grimm, KUHS 1957 - 1961, a couple of us probably went to school with him, not that that means we knew the family ...<BR><BR>Which begs the next question, "How are you specifically related to these folks?"<BR><BR>Cheers!<BR><BR>Bill Strickland<BR>Oregon City, OR<BR></body>
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