Hello again,
For those searching and researching, leave no stone unturned!
It is your life and your destiny, and no one cfan take that away from you!
It has taken many years for me to arrive where I have. I have gone as far as writing to hospitals, mental health institutions, cemetaries and even Letters to the Editor of many newspapers in Germany. I even enclosed a photograph of my father and I together with hopes that someone would recognize us. There was a fire ignited in me that continued to burn throughout the years. I had to know my roots, where my life started and the history of my parents and their parents.
I encourage all to keep going and not to give up. This time 6 years ago I had no idea I had family in Paris, Poland and Ukraine. This was on my mother's side of the family. What a feeling of completeness when I met them all.
Now that I have written my memoir on the search for my father and travelling to Hannover, Germany I still feel that I may have overlooked some clues. And no of the reasons why I decided to joing your group.
Thank you for the encouragement and good wishes. If I can be of help to anyone, please do not hesitate to contact me. I know what it feels like to have a undefined heritage! Look closely.....it's out there.
And yes, Jo, names have been mis-spelled and therefore throws the researcher off in another direction. For years I researched names that I thought belonged in the family....only to find I was on a wild goose chase.
Regards,
Alexandra
Toronto