European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Counting the Days till its Over Erma Bumbeck Universal press Syndicate the relatives Are coming the relatives arc coming. Somewhere today Nancy is pulling together new underwear for the entire family. Her husband Roy is vacuuming the car for the first Lime since he bought it. Suitcases have been borrowed car games assembled and coolers locked in preparation for a trip to visit family members Sis and Raymond. Meanwhile Sis and Raymond arc into so rious cleaning and decorating so the visitors can to see How they really live. They have stocked food borrowed cots and High chairs and waxed the driveway. No one will use the bathroom until after the company has seen it. If there s anything More exciting than the first 24 hours of a family reunion i done to know what it is. There is tearful hugging laughter and cries of a go play with your cousins. We have a lot to talk  at the end of two Days Nancy and Roy realize that to at Sis House is not better than it was at Home. Raymond works All Day and Sis hangs on the phone. Nancy never knew her sister ate Lamb before. Sis and Raymond who opted to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room feel As if they re on a float at the Rose bowl. Sis never realized before that her sister is domestically dead. She does no to know How to turn on the stove or the Washer or Load a dishwasher. Her kids change clothes every three hours and leave the refrigerator door open like they re awaiting the second coming. By the fifth Day Nancy and Roy Are actually carrying around a portable fan to protect themselves from Raymond a cigarette smoke. Sis and Raymond a kids Are children w Hom their children would not be permitted to play with at Home. Nancy has been packed for two Days. Sis and Raymond Are beginning to show signs of pcs tines too. They Are sick of the comparisons Between their mall their baseball team their Economy and their weather and that of their House guests their Nephew s do not know How to put a toilet seat lid Down and they eat like lizards. Sis and Raymond Are counting the hours until their relatives leave. Mixing lifestyles and families is sometimes As risky As freshmen experimenting with chemicals in a science lab without supers Ision. But the Marvel of it All is that family reunions Are a lot like giving birth no one remembers the pain. Next july Sis and Raymond will pack the kids in the car and head out Tor a visit with Nancy and Roy where they will Tell their children Quot go play with your cousins. We have a lot to talk  v Myra Vanderpool Gormley. It your Irish ancestors Are among those a who came to America in the i eth con jury you May find mention of them m the Boston Pilot newspaper which published advertisements for missing friends and relatives from 1831 to 1916. A column called Quot missing friends Quot was a standing feature in this newspaper for nearly a Century and these ads arc now being indexed by the northeastern University history department and published in Book form by the new England historic genealogical society these advertisements arose from necessity. As the Irish came to America families were separated addresses were lost or confused and Many newcomers simply disappeared into the vastness of the a promised  most of the Irish who came Here during this time period were Young unmarried adults and in these ads we find thousands seeking their siblings. Often the brother or sister who arrived first moved several limes following work but his or her recently arrived sibling would have Only an old address. It was through these ads in this newspaper that families sought to locate missing relatives who had scattered throughout the United slates. The first volume in this projected series of seven scheduled to he re teased one volume per year contains transcriptions and indices of More than 5,000 ads. 1 lie Boston Pilot had National distribution and the ads were placed by Irish immigrants or friends Back Home in a fibres to find Fame 1 y nu-11ihers and friends from Rhom they had been separated. Volume i covers the years 18 3 1-1850, and for genealogists it contains a wealth of material pertaining to the immigrants their places of. Origin ports of arrival and destinations in America. An and placed feb 8. I 840, reads a information wanted of or. Patrick and Margaret Duffy alias Margaret , native of crag Back Parish of Tuc Henville Londonderry Ireland who left Philadelphia in the fall of 1836, when last heard from lived in Cincinnati state of Ohio. Any information respecting them wit be thankfully received by her sister and brother in Law Joseph Logue City of Salem  additional value in this new source is in the information about the ports of departure ports of entry to North America and the destination of the immigrations. Many tips on How to continue your search in Irish records arc included along with a helpful Hibi Graphy in the introduction this is a substantial new source for Irish researchers. Quot the search for missing friends a vol. 1 is available from new England historic genealogical society $49.25 ppd101 Newbury Street Boston mass. 02 i 16. Myra Vancso Pool Gormly a loft or Klara and stripes employ no. Writes Lor tie los an Boies t nuns  for the week of August 20 Leo july. 23-aug. 22 forcing your will on loved ones leads to trouble. A Little warmth and kindness work wonders. Vanquish stifling habits with self Assurance Experiment with new line of thinking. Vingo aug. 23-sept. 22 the pol of Gold comes Back into View. 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