New Hope

I just got a note from someone who might be able to help me with my search. This person has been assisting adoptees with searches for a while now, so there is a glimmer of hope.

It is really frustrating to be close, but not close enough. I really hope this works out. My options are running thin.

Nothing new

Sad to say no response to the forum on whether the DNA testing or Search Angel can help my case. Disheartening, but I will move forward. This is a piece of my life I need to complete.

DNA

A few years back, 60 Minutes had a segment on DNA testing. Currently I am flirting with this idea to do a DNA ancestry test.

I posted on an adoption search board to see if others have tried it. There is also a section for those who have done searches before, and are willing to help.

Footwork on this quest is important. Not ruling anything out.

Searching the Web

So today I decided to search the web for my bio mother's Army buddy. I posted at Ancestry.com, looked up phone numbers (nothing). It makes it difficult that she probably married and I don't know that last name or the state she is from, etc. Just a name and a picture (and hope that a miracle occurs).

I did find a website that is for people searching. They have a folder for those who might be able to help. That is another option.

On the OWN site, the Search For show is about a Genealogist who helps her clients (another words people who are paying) find their family members. Without a name, that would be difficult to do for my bio father.

If I don't find Ramona or Jim this time, I think after 19 years of searching, I will hang it up.

Frustration at a primal level.

It's a job

This process is a job. A project that has a defined end goals, finding Ramona (the name my biomother gave me at birth was after Ramona) and finding Jim, meeting him or his family.

Today I spent emailing a woman who might put a photo in a WAC newsletter. If someone recognizes her and knows her current name and whereabouts, that would be a couple of steps to finding Jim.

Scanning a lot of photos and getting ready to post on my facebook page, flickr and a few here.

I am feeling very hopeful about finding these people. Haven't felt that in many years since I started looking for my father.

Search of...

I am making an all out search, once again, for my biological father. This has been an ongoing quest. With a pictures, first name and little else, it has been difficult.

If it is meant to be, it will happen. I am going to do everything possible to make it happen.

Footwork done so far includes writing to the new show on OWN (Oprah's network), posting pics on Facebook and a childhood friend's Mom has offered to assist.

Today I am scanning images and looked at all of my paperwork with fresh eyes.

Both my biological parents were in the Army when I was conceived. Apparently my bio-mother (she passed away in the early 80's and never talked about who the father was) thought it would be best if she kept my biological father's name off the official documents. How do I know this? On the state docs, his name is John. On the back of a photo of the two of them together she calls him Jim. The other photos I have only have first names (please people, use last names when writing on photos or file names.

What is next? Searching the web and writing to the Locater (another tv show). This search is very difficult, so a miracle is needed. Prayer and footwork will find him or I will become at peace of knowing what I know (fat chance).