Posts in August 6, 2023

A relative was mentioned regularly in the local weekly newspaper until 1978 when she “disappeared.” She did not reappear until approximately 1995. When searching for newspaper references to her son, I found a reference to him and his mother with a different last name. Searching for that last name I found several references to her between 1978 and 1995, including a divorce about the same time she started reappearing under her earlier last name. I’m assuming she and the husband eloped a distance away which is why the marriage reference was not located when searching local newspapers. If your female ancestor or relative disappears, consider that she could be right under you nose–under a new last name.