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A followup to the post just before this one. I found another tree owned by someone with the LeGrand name, so I messaged them also. I haven't heard from the first person I messaged, nor from this second person yet. Maybe someday!

Genealogists share. That's why we do what we do. My mother-in-law passed away in March of 2020, at the start of the Covid Pandemic. We had a viewing/family get together at the funeral home, and a burial, but no REAL funeral or celebration of life for her. We planned to have one in the future. Well, the future has arrived and I think we're all getting together to talk about her and celebrate her next month - 3 years later. That's a good thing. I started looking through some of her old pictures. During World War II, she used to meet with the sailors at the USO (or whatever they were called) and dance and party just about every week. I had made a book of her pictures after her niece shared them with me. I pulled those out again, thinking to use them in her celebration. I noticed the name of one of the sailors was Bates LeGrand. The genealogist in me thought about what an unusual name that was and that maybe I could find him or a family member and share the picture. I know that I would love for someone to surprise me with a picture like that. So I started with a Google Search, progressed to an Ancestry Search. I found his mom's obituary, his dad's obituary, his sister's obituary, his daughter's marriage. The USO clubs were in Texas, and he was from Texas. I then found his name in a tree on Ancestry and messaged the person explaining about the picture and asked if he knew a family member who would like to have it. If I hear from them I'll post again, here, along with a copy of the picture. In a different light, I've been asked to do a beginning genealogy class, with a class "activity", for kids age 6 to 10. This is my current challenge. It's a REAL challenge for me. I'm teaching my usual BEGINNING DNA class in two weeks. It's a "what" class, not a "how" class. Strictly discussing which DNA testing site would be the best place for solving your mystery; biology of DNA etc. How to actually solve your problem and understanding your matches is a later class. A full couple of months....