The Black Tree: family roots

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Mother And Child - Lifetime Movie - it's about adoptiion

This is a great movie! Do you have family that has been adopted? It does not necessarily incomplete the family tree if you are unaware of it. I mentioned early on that I am an adopted child (not legally) but yes, adopted. I was one of the lucky ones, my name never changed.

Bernard Wilson - Permer Bernard Wilson - Clue#11 - military

Bernard Wilson - Permer Bernard Payne, he entered the military as 'Bernard Lewis'.

It seemed it took forever to get the information, but it was well worth it! To get more information I had to prove of course that I was the next of kin. I researched the ancestry.com and familysearch.com to find his military records and I was unable to find them.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Marshall, Texas Public Library - response Bernard Wilson - Permer Bernard Payne

I received a ton of information from the Marshall, Texas Public Library and unfortunately it was some of the same information (military and the 1940 Census) that I already had. I really appreciate all of the work put into gathering the information. I will continue using their services.

Longview and Marshall, Texas Searches, continued searching

Bernard Wilson
B. Wilson
B. Wil*
Wilson, black male
Wilson, Father, black male
Bernard Lewis
B. Lewis
B. Lew*
Lewis, black male
Lewis, variations - Louis
Permer/Palmer Payne
Permer/Palmer B. Payne
Permer/Palmer Pay*
Payne, Father, black male
Pain, Father, black male
P. B. Payne
P.B. Lewis

About Me

Hello Family Tree Researcher, my name is Jacqueline Joyce Thomas (born to Gene E. Thomas and Brendel Joyce Lewis) of Texas in '67 . I began doing my family tree search when my son (C. Hicks) was born. He was unfortunately born with Nephrogenic Insipidus Diabetes. When he was two weeks old I could not get him to take his formula, the only thing he would drink was water. We took him to the local emergency room, where the hospital staff spent hours doing test after test and the end result were "we are still uncertain of what is wrong with your son". My heart fell to pieces. The next few days, still nothing. Finally on the forty-fifth day of his prolonged stay , they decided to care flight him to a Children's Hospital where it still took nineteen days for the final results and even then they were not sure. The doctor came into the room with his long white doctor's coat and his glasses hanging from his nose with the final thought (not answer). Ms. Hicks (at the time), "could you have a seat?" My thought was, okay then comes "is you son mixed with Caucasian?" My reply with anger and confusion in my heart was, mixed, with who?...not what but who! And not that I was cared or anything, I have mixed nieces and nephews. Then he went on to explain to me that "that type of diabetes was uncommon, and that it only occurred in every three thousand children" annnnndddd'ah-Rah...here is the killer..."that it only occurred in Caucasian males." Gathering my thoughts and physical seemed to be out of the question. It was not until he turned four years old that I begin getting more and more curious. So next to my son being born with a rare type of diabetes that only (according the doctor) in Caucasian males and me being adopted, I became one curious Sista'. The search began.