I did follow one false trail after Minding a Social Security Death Index record for a Stanley A. Young from New York. I soon realized that I had the wrong Stanley A. Young after discovering that one of the obits for this Stanley was printed in a newspaper too far Mlung from Yonkers. I was able to research the right Stanley A. Young, Jr., using resources like Pipl.com. Such sites can bring up very interesting things, including street addresses, the names of relatives and associates, public records like court cases, and social media proMiles. (They also can bring up a lot of junk and sponsored links. Be careful what you click on. I usually only stick to the sites with free information.) When I looked up Stanley A. Young this time, Yonkers came up as a former place of residence. I found the names of his wife and children. I found the street address and phone number for his son. The phone number didn't work, so I wrote him a letter instead. I printed out a copy of his great-‐great-‐great-‐great grandmother Cornelia Morris' photo and a copy of the family tree from Ancestry. I sent the letter and I waited. Nearly a month later, I received a call from Stanley Young III. He said he had just returned from out of the country and my letter was waiting for him amidst a huge stack of mail. He called me as soon as he opened it. He conMirmed that I had the right family. He said both of his parents are still alive and in their mid-‐80s. He conMirmed the family has strong connections to Danbury, Conn., and Yonkers, N.Y. I could hear the excitement in his voice over the phone, but I was over the moon to hear from him. Once I got off of the phone, I couldn't Tweet about the conversation fast enough. I carefully packed up the Friends Album and shipped it to Stanley two days later. When I last talked to him, he Minally had the album and was looking forward to showing it to his parents over the 4th of July holiday weekend. He said other relatives of his who are into genealogy were very excited to hear about the album and that I should expect to be contacted by his
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