I had been searching for my cousin for years, without success. All I knew was her parents had died and she had lost her husband, he died in France. So I thought she may be living there.I had not seen or spoken to her since the early 1950s. But being a male I messed about with my mobile phone and lost most things, so I found an old archive on my computer and cleaned it up before putting on my mobile. While looking through it I found my cousins name and address, plus phone number!.I think I got it when 192.com gave a free week and I searched for relatives then, but did not contact any of them.I thought will I ring the number or not, but after a couple of hours I rang it. Low and behold my cousin answered, I told her who I was etc and she remembered me and had loads of info. We talked for an hour. I had mistakes in her mothers side of the tree, I had her mother dying in 1996 but she died in 1990. Why couldn't I get it right her mother my aunt had married again, so I put all that right. The sad thing is she is wheelchair bound and is registered blind, I wanted to send her a copy of our tree but at the moment I don't know if someone cares for her who could share it with her. She was excited I rang and she enjoyed the info we exchanged. I told her that her niece and nephew in Australia wanted me to find you, she said her mother had gone to Australia in 1990 and spend some time with my cousins brother(He died 1999). Another terrible thing is my aunt died in 1990 a few weeks after she returned from Australia. I received photos and info from her niece and nephew yesterday, so I've go another 30 people to put in the tree.
So keep going, the brickwall will fall one day, with luck.
Jim
