How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
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saki
How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? It's also worth noting that he won't know I exist. I
want to avoid coming across as an Internet loon, if possible.
I found a note he'd left as a post-it on the Rootsweb index database for
California deaths for Loren Petersen, a nephew of my great-grandmother.
Loren died in Alameda County in 1959.
The constellation of Loren's siblings matches the one I've researched but
(predictably) the hotmail account for Michael C. Petersen, who left the
post-it in 2002, no longer works.
The only web hit for his old hotmail account leads to a Kenosha, WI high
school where he was an alumnus. The same dead email address is listed
there.
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
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saki@ucla.edu
http://sakionline.net/familypage
almost negligible? It's also worth noting that he won't know I exist. I
want to avoid coming across as an Internet loon, if possible.
I found a note he'd left as a post-it on the Rootsweb index database for
California deaths for Loren Petersen, a nephew of my great-grandmother.
Loren died in Alameda County in 1959.
The constellation of Loren's siblings matches the one I've researched but
(predictably) the hotmail account for Michael C. Petersen, who left the
post-it in 2002, no longer works.
The only web hit for his old hotmail account leads to a Kenosha, WI high
school where he was an alumnus. The same dead email address is listed
there.
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
----
saki@ucla.edu
http://sakionline.net/familypage
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D. Stussy
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? ...
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is
there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
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D. Stussy
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? ...
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is
there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
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D. Stussy
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? ...
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is
there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9 people
(all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including one from the
correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing me "good luck" in
finding the correct one.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if they've
ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to him if they
have better information. Sometimes, they do.
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Gjest
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
On Nov 8, 1:44 pm, saki <s...@ucla.edu> wrote:
11-8-2007
It's unclear from your posting exactly what information you are
looking for. Is it names and addresses of the siblings of Mr. Loren
Petersen?
It certainly couldn't hurt you to go ahead and contact the Michael C.
Petersen's in Wisconsin that you have found information on--one of
them may be the person you seek and could provide the information you
seek.
However, there are other methods to find out the information you want
(besides or in addition to contacting Michael) and when you specify
what you are looking for I will add other suggestions.
keith345@hotmail.com
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER
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Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? It's also worth noting that he won't know I exist. I
want to avoid coming across as an Internet loon, if possible.
I found a note he'd left as a post-it on the Rootsweb index database for
California deaths for Loren Petersen, a nephew of my great-grandmother.
Loren died in Alameda County in 1959.
The constellation of Loren's siblings matches the one I've researched but
(predictably) the hotmail account for Michael C. Petersen, who left the
post-it in 2002, no longer works.
The only web hit for his old hotmail account leads to a Kenosha, WI high
school where he was an alumnus. The same dead email address is listed
there.
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
----
s...@ucla.eduhttp://sakionline.net/familypage
11-8-2007
It's unclear from your posting exactly what information you are
looking for. Is it names and addresses of the siblings of Mr. Loren
Petersen?
It certainly couldn't hurt you to go ahead and contact the Michael C.
Petersen's in Wisconsin that you have found information on--one of
them may be the person you seek and could provide the information you
seek.
However, there are other methods to find out the information you want
(besides or in addition to contacting Michael) and when you specify
what you are looking for I will add other suggestions.
keith345@hotmail.com
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER
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VMills
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
I sent out 20 letter at one time to every BAUDERMANN I found listed in the
white pages in New Jersey. In the letter I put my email address. I
received 1 email and 1 reply letter. If you have seen this person making a
post on a Rootsweb site, I wouldn't think they would find it unusual to get
a letter out of no where.
white pages in New Jersey. In the letter I put my email address. I
received 1 email and 1 reply letter. If you have seen this person making a
post on a Rootsweb site, I wouldn't think they would find it unusual to get
a letter out of no where.
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saki
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
keith345@hotmail.com wrote in
news:1194568595.886699.26230@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
To share information, mainly. I have info on the family going back about
200 years that might be of interest. All Loren's sibs would be dead by now
but if any of their descendants were interested in the family history I'd
be delighted to share it with them as well.
Happy to hear further suggestions. Thanks for the response.
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saki@ucla.edu
news:1194568595.886699.26230@k35g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
It's unclear from your posting exactly what information you are
looking for. Is it names and addresses of the siblings of Mr. Loren
Petersen?
To share information, mainly. I have info on the family going back about
200 years that might be of interest. All Loren's sibs would be dead by now
but if any of their descendants were interested in the family history I'd
be delighted to share it with them as well.
It certainly couldn't hurt you to go ahead and contact the Michael C.
Petersen's in Wisconsin that you have found information on--one of
them may be the person you seek and could provide the information you
seek.
However, there are other methods to find out the information you want
(besides or in addition to contacting Michael) and when you specify
what you are looking for I will add other suggestions.
Happy to hear further suggestions. Thanks for the response.
----
saki@ucla.edu
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saki
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in
news:fh0ame$5b5$1@snarked.org:
Worth a try then, I guess. I might get lucky.
Not in this case. This is a branch my family didn't know about until I
started researching it and examining records in Schleswig-Holstein and
Denmark. I suspect there's been no contact between branches for about sixty
years or more.
----
saki@ucla.edu
news:fh0ame$5b5$1@snarked.org:
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9
people (all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including
one from the correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing
me "good luck" in finding the correct one.
Worth a try then, I guess. I might get lucky.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if
they've ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to
him if they have better information. Sometimes, they do.
Not in this case. This is a branch my family didn't know about until I
started researching it and examining records in Schleswig-Holstein and
Denmark. I suspect there's been no contact between branches for about sixty
years or more.
----
saki@ucla.edu
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saki
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
VMills <vmills01@gmail.com> wrote in
news:mailman.238.1194623094.7651.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com:
That was my thought as well. A Rootsweb post indicates at least some level
of interest. Too bad about the dead email link.
I might try emailing the high school alumni site as well and asking whether
they'd be willing to forward a message to a snail mail address, if they
have one.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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saki@ucla.edu
news:mailman.238.1194623094.7651.alt-genealogy@rootsweb.com:
I sent out 20 letter at one time to every BAUDERMANN I found listed in
the white pages in New Jersey. In the letter I put my email address.
I received 1 email and 1 reply letter. If you have seen this person
making a post on a Rootsweb site, I wouldn't think they would find it
unusual to get a letter out of no where.
That was my thought as well. A Rootsweb post indicates at least some level
of interest. Too bad about the dead email link.
I might try emailing the high school alumni site as well and asking whether
they'd be willing to forward a message to a snail mail address, if they
have one.
Thanks for the suggestions.
----
saki@ucla.edu
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Joe Pessarra
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
Does the Wisconsin High School site have someone that you can contact to
locate Michael's current residential address or email address? What is the
URL of the school site?
Joe in Texas
news:Xns99E2777A1FE7Dsakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
Does anyone have any advice for contacting a cousin whose web presence is
almost negligible? It's also worth noting that he won't know I exist. I
want to avoid coming across as an Internet loon, if possible.
I found a note he'd left as a post-it on the Rootsweb index database for
California deaths for Loren Petersen, a nephew of my great-grandmother.
Loren died in Alameda County in 1959.
The constellation of Loren's siblings matches the one I've researched but
(predictably) the hotmail account for Michael C. Petersen, who left the
post-it in 2002, no longer works.
The only web hit for his old hotmail account leads to a Kenosha, WI high
school where he was an alumnus. The same dead email address is listed
there.
Short of trying to contact the five or six Michael C. Petersens in
Wisconsin who are listed in whitepages.com at about the right age, is
there
a better methodology? He may not even be in Wisconin anymore, which would
complicate my approach. But any suggestions would be most welcomed.
----
saki@ucla.edu
http://sakionline.net/familypage
Does the Wisconsin High School site have someone that you can contact to
locate Michael's current residential address or email address? What is the
URL of the school site?
Joe in Texas
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saki
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
"Joe Pessarra" <joepessarra@suddenlink.net> wrote in
news:xK4Zi.5276$Gy4.3952@newsfe24.lga:
The URL is http://www.tremperalumni.com/. I've already emailed the reunion
manager for the site but no answer yet. I've also done a search in the
online discussion board for this high school but no hits for Michael C.
Petersen.
----
saki@ucla.edu
news:xK4Zi.5276$Gy4.3952@newsfe24.lga:
Does the Wisconsin High School site have someone that you can contact
to locate Michael's current residential address or email address?
What is the URL of the school site?
The URL is http://www.tremperalumni.com/. I've already emailed the reunion
manager for the site but no answer yet. I've also done a search in the
online discussion board for this high school but no hits for Michael C.
Petersen.
----
saki@ucla.edu
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aspidistra
Re: How to contact a Wisconsin cousin
I wrote to every person who mentioned my known relatives, who had posted on
any genealogy board. They all wrote back eventually, and most of them are
cousins (confirmed by my PAF relationship calculator). They were very
distant cousins, but that didn't matter. I thought they might have
information - and they did. Whole branches were opened up to me that I
didn't know about. We had common ancestors, that could be verified. Some had
photos. Some had more info that I never dreamed of finding. There is usually
one genealogy fan (or eccentric nut, as most of the family considers us) in
each branch of the family. They are interested, and they will reply, and be
happy to share info. If they are not related and don't reply, no harm done.
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E370A938CE3sakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
any genealogy board. They all wrote back eventually, and most of them are
cousins (confirmed by my PAF relationship calculator). They were very
distant cousins, but that didn't matter. I thought they might have
information - and they did. Whole branches were opened up to me that I
didn't know about. We had common ancestors, that could be verified. Some had
photos. Some had more info that I never dreamed of finding. There is usually
one genealogy fan (or eccentric nut, as most of the family considers us) in
each branch of the family. They are interested, and they will reply, and be
happy to share info. If they are not related and don't reply, no harm done.
"saki" <saki@ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:Xns99E370A938CE3sakiuclaedu@130.133.1.4...
"D. Stussy" <spam@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in
news:fh0ame$5b5$1@snarked.org:
You may just have to cold-contact all the possibilities.
I did that once, for a school reunion issue, and wrote a letter to 9
people (all with the same name). I received 4 responses, including
one from the correct person. The other three were nice letters wishing
me "good luck" in finding the correct one.
Worth a try then, I guess. I might get lucky.
However, as this person is a relative, ask your other relatives if
they've ever had contact with him or someone more closely related to
him if they have better information. Sometimes, they do.
Not in this case. This is a branch my family didn't know about until I
started researching it and examining records in Schleswig-Holstein and
Denmark. I suspect there's been no contact between branches for about
sixty
years or more.
----
saki@ucla.edu