IS IT POSSIBLE?

so in my last post i was saying that i know someone at church whos mother may have found info on my father.
i didnt get my hopes up, and im still not.

tonight i was at church, so was this individual, whom i asked about this info.
she said her mother was almost positive she had found my dad, but needed some of MY family history to make sure. not sure why. but, ok. i gave what i could remember off the top of my head to her. numbers, dates, locations, i cant remember, i do good to remember 3 gernerations back on my grandmothers side the names of these people..lol

i asked if this indivdual she thought was my dad was alive, or dead. and the answer came back: dead.

im greatful for that because it means i dont have to wonder. i can move past it and go from there.
at the same time. im diapointed i never got to know the man, or ask that one question : "why didnt you love me enough to stay around?"
i have to say, im pleased i dont have to go through the emotional stuff with the latter. i dont know if id handle it too well.

heck, who knows. this ndividual might not even be my father to begin with.
but...what if it is.

ya know? i have never really thought much about looking past him, i mean ive thought about the names of his mother and father, and putting this data into a space to be held, so its recorded, but i have never thought much about who they are. what they were like.
His mother would have been born around the same time as my grandmother.
1900s
i wonder what she was like.
if she was kind like my moms mother (my grandmother) was.
or was she more like my mother.
i may never know. that family line may never go any further than my fathers name.

i guess, we shall see.

MICHELLE

COULD IT POSSIBLY BE? somone has found my fathers line?

the way this all came about was, to me happenstance, im sure to God (or what youd call your Higher Power, if you believe in one) it was by design.

im a Family History Consultan in my church. i was called to help oher people assist them in finding thier family trees, so they can complete them as much as possible.
the entire time, i have felt very...sad about being in there. i go into the class, and i have a heavy heart. dont want to be there, just about cant do anything to keep me in the room, if i can manage to get out, i want out.
and thats all because being in there breaks my heart because i want to find my dad.

so, we, as a class have come too see that the time frame we have to have class in, 50 minutes isnt long enough to do everything: watch a sort video, go over the book, and then get online to do any family history.
a couple of sundays ago, craig and myself and another family history consultant was in class and there was no one there to have class with.
the bishop (preacher man) walks by, asks what were doing.
we said we were waiting for ppl to come to class, if they wanted to.

he ran a list of names by us, with only a few ever having attended.

and i mentioned to him, im available wednesday nights to be at church to be available for anyone who might want to do any family history, if he thought that was a good idea.
to which he did.

so, this past wednesday (2nd one i was there since i mentioned to bishop) i was there, again waiting for anyone to come to find out about family history stuff, do any.
and one of the sisters i have just started to talk too and i were talking, and i cant remember how we got to this part of the conversation, because we started out talking about food storage...i mentioned i cant find my dad anywhere online.

and she told me wed meet the following wednesday, hook up on her cell with her mother, and have her mother run some data and see if she can find this elusive man.
sounded like a plan. i didnt have any more hope than any other time. but i figured it was worth a shot. this ladys mother has been doing this for 30 years. so, whats to lose, right?

well, i connected to the lady i was talking to on Facebook, and all day we have been chatting, i gave the info over to her, to hand off to her mother...went to take a nap.
came back, this ladys asking me to get in touch with her cause she has to aks me some more stuff, her moms on a trail!

ON A TRAIL!
OF A MAN NAMED ROBERT ALAN MANNING!
USING ONLY THE DATA I HAVE GIVEN!
IS IT POSSIBLE?
how can it be?
ive had really good people look for him and get No where. it has become such a struggle im beginning to think this mans name ISNT the one i have on my birth certificate!

yet, some complete stranger can find him? like that?
if its true...its not a coincidence! its devine!

all i want is some data, then i can go from there.
his birthday, birth place, mothers name, fathers name. i think i can go from there.

at least if i know if hes dead or alive, i can work with that too.

but what do i do if he is alive? should i contact him? asking for family history? im not sure i want to talk to him.
id ask him 1 question "WHY?" why wasnt he in my life?
pretty sure i know the answer that hes gonna give.

in all honesty, id prefer he be passed away, less drama and thought.
i can have closure, and get my mother and father sealed to each other, to be able to be sealed to them..

COULD IT BE POSSIBLE?

Michelle

WIKITREE.COM..And A Possible Lead On My Dad

so, because im starting back up into family history and family tree geneaology stuff, i looked online for all the free sites (very few out there anymore) that i could go to, and either put my family tree (as i know it) or add to it (if i already have an account there).

while i was looking, i found a NEW site...WIKITREE.com

and its kind of like a WIKIPEDIA site for your family tree. and ALLOT like the WIKIFAMILYTREE idea i had myself.

anyway, its completely free and i opened an account, and added my family as much as i can remember:

me, my mom (GAY JOANNE SUITER MANNING)
my dad (ROBERT ALAN MANNING)

my grandparents (mothers) (GERTRUDE LOUISA SUITER/WILBUR RAYMOND SUITER)
my aunt (LYNN GOMORA/DAHL)
my uncles (LEE SUITER/MICHEAL SUITER)
and as many extra relatives off of these individuals as i can place with names and dates.

and, of course i hope that someone would want to lend me some info about my dad.
ive never had a hit on him, on any other website. i never in a million years ever expected to have a hit on this one either.

but tonight. i did!
i came home from picking up my son from a weekend camping trip, and looked in my email to find a COLBY MANNING had left me a message on WIKITREE.com

"Looking for information on my grandfather,

MANNING, ROBERT ALAN (birth)23 Jan 1931 (Death)21 Jun 2008 (P) 77 96720 (Hilo, Hawaii, HI)

Wondering if this might be the same one.

Thanks

Colby"

now, whats really weird, is a few days ago i sent an email off to an individual who has an email address on the LDS site FAMILYSEARCH.ORG about this same individual. waiting a reply back.
and THIS kid comes along, asking me about the very same man im inquiring about.

and...yes theres more.

if you noted the birthdate...january 23 1930, i have suspected , because i saw a calandar a long time ago i used to have but have since lost that had a notation IN january for the name "BOB" (my dad) Birthday. i thought it was noted on the 16th. and....hes older than my mother, i never knew HOW MUCH...but my mom was born in 35, so anytime before that would make him older. EVEN 1930.

the records on FAMILYSEARCH.org say he wasnt married.
but aparently he had children, because this individual who is inquiring says hes his grandson.

could this be my half nephew?
could be.
ive asked him to share with me ANY info he has about his grandfather...so we can trade info and see if theres some kind of connection.

maybe, MAYBE...ive finally found my missing link.

out of ALL the family histories for the MANNING clan, the ONLY name i can find for anywhere within the 1930s is this man ROBERT ALLEN/ALAN MANNING who passed away in 2008 in HILO HAWAII.

if this is the link, i can finally start this side of my tree.
heres to hoping!

MICHELLE

NOTHING VENTURED-NOTHING GAINED

i have searched and searched and searched and searched for ANYTHING on my father online.

in a day and age when EVERYTHING is online weather we want it to be or not...youd think this name would show up on someones family tree. yet, with all my searches i can never find the name as his records state his name is spelled.

i do, however, find another ROBERT MANNING with the middle name not spelled : Alan, but ALLEN. on almost every search i hit.

online in FAMILYSEARCH.org THIS robert happens to be listed AND it has a name fr me to email for more info..

so..i did:

"hi, my name is Michelle Alane Manning Williamson. I was born in california in 1967, to my mother Gay Joanne Suiter, and a man I have never known by the name of Robert Alan Manning.

I don’t know if this will lead me anywhere. I have searched online, in every single site for my fathers name, and every time I do, im lead to the closest match which happens to be your Robert Allen (different spelling) Manning.

my father was born sometime in the 30s, he was a bit older than my mother who was born in 35.
he was blond, and blue eyed.
on my birth certificate it states he claimed he was born in Hong Kong, my mother said that was false and he was born in San Francisco.

he and my mother were together about 2 years before he either left us, or my mom took me away.
we lived in Van Nuys California.
I was given the middle name Alane as a homage for my fathers middle name Alan. could have been Allen. id probably still be Alane. just with 2 “L”s instead.

after 1969 I have no idea what ever became of him, or who he was with, or if there are any other children after me.

my mother told me, and this doesn’t mean its true, that his mother was married several times, and his father was military and supposedly killed himself in texas(?).
he supposedly has a half brother named Jessie/Jessy/ Jesse.

you’re the ONLY name I can resource as being the one to ask about this man. he comes up on no other family tree anywhere else, unless the same tree is on other sites, but this man you have listed is the ONLY name I find even remotely close to being MY dad.

id SO love to able to fill my family tree out with names, of my relatives on his side of the tree, looks pretty blank when theres just one lowly leaf there

MICHELLE MANNING WILLIAMSON"

sent it of, now well just wait for some reply (if any)

MICHELLE