I just had another wonderful phone conversation with a cousin. This time I had the privelidge of talking to Frank L. Winkler, son of Frank and Dorothy, grandson of Frank and Lillie, great-grandson of Henry and Caroline... Yes, we are related, and he has photos going way back...
The other Winkler descendants I have spoken with kept saying how they remembered Frank and Frank Jr. even though they didn't remember each other. I knew I had to find this line, because obviously they were very family oriented. I had seen "Frank Winkler" before but until recently I didn't have a pin point on how he fit in. When the others remembered "Frank lived in Ben Lomond..." I was on the trail.
I cannot say enough how greatful I am to finally find these generations which were so close geographically, yet just on the other side of common knowledge. It doesn't take much or long for people to become 'totally lost' to each other... It is a beautiful thing, then, to find them. I'm sorry it wasn't sooner, but better now than never.
More soon- very soon!
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