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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The list is quiet -- thanks for waking it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You probably have this, but:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(Alert! I found almost every "Murray" born in MA before 1870 to have parents born in Ireland. AND, many were "McMurray" -- so another name to research)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lillian and Charlie MURRY, in the 1900 census of Albany, Lane County, Oregon, give MA for father's birthplace, MN for mother. Ida B would have likely given the information. Ida B is listed as either "M" or "Wd" - unfortunately.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Just for kicks, there were a few candidates to be "Dad" in 1900. Using "Murr?y", b 1860-70, MA, living in California, Oregon, Washington. (that is, Oregon and surrounding states), I found seventeen men. Subtracting (temporarily) the four with spouses, the results were interesting. Looking at Charlie's birth being in Fruitvale, just south of Oakland, by Alameda, and looking at those in the San Francisco area, we have about six, plus one in Portland. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You apparently have Ancestry.com (which is where I'm looking right now), so you can check some of the 1900 census entries there, but here are possibilities. Indexed as:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="80%" style='width:80.86%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>James Murray <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>San Francisco, San Francisco, California<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>May 1863<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Boarder<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>xxx<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Jas ?? Murray <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-MX style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>San Francisco, San Francisco, California<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Nov 1856<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>Patient, Northern Pacific Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro"'>married, machinist<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ernst R Czarske, in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, probably gave the info in 1910, which makes me think that he was kept in the dark about the kids' father, thus the "unknown" origin of father for the kids.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I didn't find birth information for Lillian, born in Washington, but that's not surprising. Also didn't find her under "Ida" which may be her second name? She's "Lillian I" in the 1900 census. She may have done a "delayed birth certificate" sometime along the way and it's not showing up. https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In 1920, Charles, now 25, is living with his mother in Eugene. Father born MA, mother born MN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In 1930, Charles, divorced (from whom?) is in the penitentiary in Salem. His normal occupation was "clerk." Parents born MN MN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Charles Murray, in the WW I draft Registration was born 26 Jan 1894, in Fruitvale, California, and was living in San Francisco, 5 Jun 1917. He is a student.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Charles A (initial only) Murray, in the WWII draft has birthdate as 26 Jan 1894, born in Fruitvale, California. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here's something interesting:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=231700<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:4.0in'><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>231675<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Case #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>10259<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Murray, Charles A<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>03/31/1928<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Inmate<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Source<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Penitentiary<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Identifier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>photo<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=224269<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:4.0in'><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>224252<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Case #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>3067<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Murray, Charles A<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>10/24/1893<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Inmate<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Umatilla<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Source<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Penitentiary<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Identifier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>photo<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=225665<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:4.0in'><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>225648<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Case #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>4210<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Murray, Charles<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>02/16/1900<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Record Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Inmate<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>County<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Union<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Source<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Penitentiary<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Identifier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'></td></tr><tr><td width=145 style='width:106.8pt;background:#E7E7E7;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'>Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='background:#E7E7E7;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope this gives you some ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tucson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff & Janet Miller<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 07, 2019 10:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] Request for research assistance<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this email list still functioning? I don’t seem to be getting emails from it, and I used to get quite a lot. If it is, I need some help figuring out the identity of one of my great-great-grandfathers. Here is what I know:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>His children were Charles August Murray, b. 26 Jan 1896 and Lilian Murray b. around 1898. Charles was born in Oakland, CA. It appears Lilian was born in WA.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>I believe the mother of those children was Ida B. Kroschel, b. about 1869 in Milford Township, MN.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>I think Ida and the father separated before 1900 because Ida is shown as head of household with two kids living in Linn County, OR in the census.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>According to Charles August Murray’s prison questionnaire, Lilian was living in Los Angeles in March 1928. (His mom is listed as Ida Czarske because she remarried.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>The 1910 census shows unknown for the birthplace of the father of Charles and Lilian. But the 1920 census shows MA for birthplace of his father and MN for mother. I looked at all CA,OR, WA 1900 census records for Murray with birthplace of MA and did not find anything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>1930 census for Charles shows dad from Minnesota so who knows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:105%'>My parents both did the autosomal DNA test with Ancestry.com, but I don’t know how to use it to solve this puzzle.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>I’ve had this brick wall for years now. Any leads or tips will be most appreciated. If you don’t have any tips, I would appreciate at least one response just to know this list is still live.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>Jeff Miller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>