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  1. 05-28-2005, 10:14 PM #1
    leonidas
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    I know some might poke fun on me, but the fact is, my father and I never know who was my grand father. My father was born in 1946, in a village named Presles situated 30 kilometers from paris. My grand mother just died. Just before, she gave us a name "John Davis" an american soldier. Now I know why I was good at languages at school . That's all we know.
    I assume this is quite a common nanme & to be franck, I don't know where to star my research.
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  3. 05-28-2005, 10:17 PM The Drawing Room   -   #2
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    Local history society to know what units were stationned at or near Presles.
    Then there should be some sort of US military archive you could access...
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    You're going to need more than just the name John Davis.

    http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...e+Search&meta=
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  7. 05-28-2005, 10:24 PM The Drawing Room   -   #4
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    Au fait, désolé d'apprendre le décés de ta grand-mère.
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  9. 05-28-2005, 10:29 PM The Drawing Room   -   #5
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    elle a eu une vie bien remplie ne t'inquiete pas. actually that's a good idea I'll have a look to the local archives
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  11. 05-28-2005, 11:46 PM The Drawing Room   -   #6
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    a research site

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