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One of my interests in addition to writing is genealogy. For many years, I have hunted for various ancestors
and have been fortunate to have several cousins who share my interest. My biggest find was our grandfather McCain. He had
left Leadville, Colorado in about 1909 and never (as far as we know) been heard of again. I had spent quite a few years looking
for him with the help of my daughter, who found a few clues. I was ready to throw in the towel when one night, I keyed in
his name on Ancestry.com for a general search. The 1930 census had just been added and guess what? The old Scot had been living
in the Pacific Northwest. Before the search was over, a few months later, I knew that he had died in Tacoma, Washington in
1950, where he was buried, and that he had a brother listed as sole survivor!! That would have made my father feel good! Maybe
someday, I'll track down the rest of this foot loose family.
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