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Re: Only Survivor
Posted by: Eric Stone ()
Date: May 02, 2011 12:32AM

Billy,

As others have mentioned, it would help a great deal to know the year the sinkings took place. Otherwise it's the proverbial 'needle in a haystack'.

Since this information is so easily lost with the passage of time, some pieces of information the family would have a better chance of knowing, such as an approximate date and place of birth, and perhaps what his position was onboard can help narrow it down too. If your not comfortable posting that you can send me a Private Message through the forum.

Your Great Uncle's name was fairly common and I've found dozens of George Harvey's on Ancestry.com that served as Fireman to First Mate and everything in between. Having his age and/or position will help weed through that. They have hundreds of crew and passenger lists and survivors are often identified separately.

No guarantee, but worth a shot.

Eric Stone
www.ssarkansan.com

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