# Please! A desperate call for help (From US and Canadien Dopers)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 4, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300 "2002-07-04T02:51:21Z")
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/1 "2002-07-04T02:51:21Z")
I may have a Grandmother and an Aunt somewhere who I have never met.
Some background…
My mother was born in Kenogomi, PQ in 1934. My mother was around 8 years old when her father remarried. At the time she had a sister. When her father remarried he took her (my mother) and the new wife and moved to Fort Edward, NY, leaving her sister behind with the ex-wife (my mother’s mother or my Grandmother).
She never saw her mother or sister again and to this day does not know if either one is still alive. ☹
I have done countless searches on the net and cannot locate either one. I may have a Grandmother and an Aunt out there who I’ve never met and this tears me apart. Aside from my mother, I have no other relatives to communicate with (I have no brothers or sisters and my father died when I was 17 and his family has never been a part of my life).
If anyone thinks they can be of assistance please send me an e-mail. My heart aches when I think about my mother wondering if her mother and sister are even still alive.
I have my Grandmother and Aunt’s maiden names. It would mean more to me and my mother than you could ever imagine if someone could help.
If I make any progress, I promise to faithfully update this thread. And if there should ever be a reunion , every one of you would be invited.
Honey
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### Author:  [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/2 "2002-07-04T02:58:01Z")
Hey Honey.
This may not be much help, but have you tried calling the public records office in Kenogomi? I honestly don’t know where it is, or whether they have them, but that’s usually the best place to start.
If either ever owned property or paid local taxes under thier maiden name you might find a tax or property record that gives you a good lead.
Good luck, I hope you find both.
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### Author:  [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/3 "2002-07-04T03:14:11Z")
Don’t know if these might help, but I found a couple of links to things about that city. The serach was on Google.
[http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi41ae.htm](http://www.genealogia.fi/emi/emi41ae.htm)
[http://www.genealogia.fi/gallery/gall240e.htm](http://www.genealogia.fi/gallery/gall240e.htm)
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### Author:  [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/4 "2002-07-04T06:29:32Z")
Well, you could try [the _Directeur de l’état civil_](http://www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca/ENGLISH/Default.htm) office for one or maybe the _diocèse de Chicoutimi_ would have some records if your grandmother was Catholic. If all these fails, perhaps you could try contacting the Mormons, they did a thorough survey of the province of Québec’s records a few years ago.
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### Author:  [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/5 "2002-07-04T13:08:43Z")
If you haven’t already, you can search many Mormon records online at [www.familysearch.org](http://www.familysearch.org). They also have thousands of research centers in temples around the world (addresses searchable on the site); it’s free to look, you can order microfilms for a minimal fee if something isn’t on site, and they don’t proselytize. Really; I’ve used the center myself.
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### Author:  [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/6 "2002-07-04T14:08:40Z")
I hate to bring up the obvious, but perhaps searching Kenog **a** mi might be more useful.
Good luck, cousin.😉
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### Author:  [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-desperate-call-for-help-from-us-and-canadien-dopers/117300/7 "2002-07-04T15:50:58Z")
**welby1, detop, Eva Luna**
Thanks for the cites, when I have some time tonight I will check each of them out.
**eunoia**
Yes, perhaps getting the spelling right would help. :smack:
I will keep you all updated on any progress.