Re: KOONTZ/ COONTZ need help!
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KOONTZ/ COONTZ need help!
Rebecca Peterson 1/22/01
There are two places to start -- well, there are MANY places to start, but here are two!Try running the names of the male relatives who were alive and working after 1936 through this search engine -- try with NO first name at first, because sometimes first names are wrong or just initials.If your specific search turns up nothing, try being less specific:
http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htmhttp://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm
When you run female relatives through here, remember it will record their names AT DEATH, no matter what name they were born with.
The best news for you is that the 1930 census has been made public at last.You can pick a state -- I'd do one per month if I were you! -- and join that state's census look-up list.You can politely ask people to look things up for you if you specify a name and a census year (like 1920 or 1930), and usually someone will respond.
For Missouri, go to
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MO/http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MO/
and click on the MO-CENSUS-LOOKUP link.
For all states, go to
http://lists.rootsweb.com/http://lists.rootsweb.com/
Hope this helps!