How have you made contact with distant cousins who have been unaware of your existence, & probably uninterested, too?
Of course, when all you know (or, perhaps, guess) is an address, that makes it simple - write a letter.
What if you know the telephone number, too - have you made a cold call? Bleh.
Finally, what if you know all those plus an ancestry id - which would you go for?
I'm not quite in the last situation, but it wouldn't be too much work to uncover the address/phone info for someone in the tree.
Another interesting piece - there's two sets of cousins, who actually have an earlier common ancestor than they do with me. I don't think they know of each other. They each have (very short) trees. I've thought about building a tree with our common ancestors and inviting both sets - but what if they wouldn't want their family info shared? What about other cousins that we share . . .
Of course, when all you know (or, perhaps, guess) is an address, that makes it simple - write a letter.
What if you know the telephone number, too - have you made a cold call? Bleh.
Finally, what if you know all those plus an ancestry id - which would you go for?
I'm not quite in the last situation, but it wouldn't be too much work to uncover the address/phone info for someone in the tree.
Another interesting piece - there's two sets of cousins, who actually have an earlier common ancestor than they do with me. I don't think they know of each other. They each have (very short) trees. I've thought about building a tree with our common ancestors and inviting both sets - but what if they wouldn't want their family info shared? What about other cousins that we share . . .
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