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Thank you for that info. I didn't know about the book but I'm going to check it out for sure.
I don't know if you know this or not but my mother kept me from knowing anything about my father's side of our family. Seems like dad's family wasn't quite "good" enough for her or something. She is bi-polar and her and dad got divorced when I was 12. Dad died before I ever found out anything from him about my family on his side.
I don't know what her problem was with dad's mom, but I'm sure it has something to do with my never having any knowledge of my dad's side of my family. I have lost all contact with my mother over the years and my sister has the same problem as my mom (very bi-polar) and she knows less than me it seems and we are not in touch either. When I was young it never really mattered to me I guess, but now I'm getting kind of old and I'd like to know something at least. I feel alone in the world and deprived by the loss of never knowing half of my family. I have found out by asking the people that I meet on occasion who know someone with the family name, that the Zattau's are "good" people, and not what my mother made them out to be.
I'm also having heart problems which seem to be chronic in our family from what little I know. I seem to be suffering from mitral stenosis which is worsening lately. Is this a family thing? Have others with heart problems been found with this?
Are you the cousin I met at St. Charles hospital one time? I remember a cousin that saw my name on the charts there introduced herself to me and gave me info on getting the genealogy book but I lost it before I ever used it. Having never met anyone in the family I have a kind of insecure feeling about meeting my dad's family. I feel like a total stranger. I have always been pretty shy around family because the one I knew (my mothers side) is completely wacky.
Thanks for your reply to my stupid sounding post on the family forum page:)
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