I am searching for data on my grandfather's family, Simon Aloisius Ziolkowski, son of Valentine Z. Anything and everything, please! Grampa died in about 1950 when I was about age 5. Also need any info on my father, name on my birth certificate was Arthur Pride. I was born on 8/'22/45. I was never able to get my mother or anyone else to tell me about him! Also looking for info on Ruth Wetzel Ziolkowski,
and her maiden name relatives, Wetzel, esp. her mother & father. Her brother was Francis "Buddy" Wetzel, I think. They probably were from Lansing at one time, I visited them
when I was tiny. Gramdpa Young was her husband at the time, also need info on him, please, he may have been a police officer, retired. Simon & Ruth had 4 daughters, the oldest, Caroline, is my mother. She is now Mrs. James Congdon and haas a Milpitas, CA address, no e-mail. She had 7 kids. I am very friendly and talkative online and will reply in depth to all e-mails ASAP! I am esp. intrigued by Valentine Z.'s vital stats. Found 3 ancestry.com messages RE: him and when I tried to find them this morning, they had completely disappeared! Thank you. Sincerely, Melissa Pride, Durham, NC, was of Sacramento, CA until Nov.1998.
Thank you my past, present and future relatives and new acquaintances!