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For several years, I've dabbled in genealogy and I've had similar experiences. Thanks for the post.
Wow. Awesome.
So you're long, lost uncle is a FReeper? That's cool. FR carries an enormous amount of weight online. I work in IT and there are many people at my job that have never lurked here, but they sure have heard of Free Republic.
Cool story. My son's middle name is Reagan btw. Who knows maybe my birth parents are FReepers and we just haven't found each other yet...LOL (yes I've been searching for a looong time)
Awesome! I know when I first surfed the net in '98 I realized that genealogy work that would have taken years suddenly was done in a week. I found out that my part of the family was not the last line. Sadly, I also found out everyone else with my maiden name couldn't get any farther back in their families than I had.
Somebody's pickin' on us redheads...
Where is 'parkridge,' is that like Rio Linda or something?
very heart warming and encouraging. This is exactly the type of thing we need to learn about in these times.
Thank you and best of luck to you and yours.