Looking for my father whos was a military police officer (phone, children)
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5 Alexander Ferguson shown on a military website:
One South Dakota, two California, one Arizona, one Missouri. All with prior service.
Another one still active from Arizona.
Whether the states listed are birth states or current residence, not sure.
I'd go to one or more of the military forums suggested to you by Hopes.
no I dont have access to the whole yearbook.But this is what the guy told me. He said he was staioned there in 1988, from what I put together my because of the date of the picture I have of my mom and him together(on the back it was dated jan 2 1988) that he left sometime in feb maybe march. The guy that sent me this message said unusally you do a year tour over there. He said that he thought this was the same guy but he said he has a friend that was staioned there also in 1987 and he will have him take a look and see if he thinks this is the same guy and he will have him look in his yearbook. He said his friend said this is the same guy. I honestly am not sure. the only thing i see that resemble are the eyes, put your fingers over hat in that one pic and look at the eyes then put your fingers over the hair in the other pic and look at the eyes and tell me what you guys think. but I do think I resemble the guy in the pic with my mom
Good pics can be good sources, but a lot depends on angles, light etc.
Maybe you can take a different angle with your mother. She is clearly not enthusiastic about your search; finding him could be a good experience or a bad one for her & for you - - you are prepared for that or you wouldn't be looking, she doesn't sound like she is. All you can do is share with her why it is important to you & it is possible she will share more info with you, even though thinking about it may be embarrassing, painful.
Without more; all you know is that she called him Alex on the back of the picture, and where & when they were together.
Ask her which camps they were based at - Camp Walker, Henry, or George.
They were at camp walker I have acutally looked through all my moms army papers so I know forsure that she was at camp walker. she doesnt have a unit yearbook though that was one of the first things i wanted to find because I wanted to try and contact people she was friends with
She is clearly not enthusiastic about your search; finding him could be a good experience or a bad one for her & for you - - you are prepared for that or you wouldn't be looking.
You are prepared for that?
Then tell your Mother you aregoing to find him, andyou plan to meet him.
If she knows your plans are set in stone, she may waver.
Whether your plans are set in stone or not, is up to you.
In the meantime your Mother could be told your plans are set in stone. That could trigger some response from her that helps you in some way.
There is also the possibility that the man in the picture isn't your father. Your mother could have just chosen him as a more upstanding character to present to you as your father. Another possibility is that your mother did inform him, and he abandoned your mother. She might be keeping that information from you to protect you, so you don't feel badly that he wanted nothing to do with you or because she is ashamed that he abandoned her.
People have asked you if you look like the man in the photo. You haven't answered. Is there a resemblance?
When comparing pictures, you cant' know for sure. The best you can do is make contact with anyone who was stationed there at the time. If this Ferguson isn't your father, he might recognize him. Keep in mind, the guy who shared this Ferguson picture with you knew what the guy looked like and recognized him from your photo. Although it might not be the same person, it's likely and worth following. If you just quickly discount people as "not the right person," you could pass up the right person entirely. And I've noticed when you say "not the right person," you haven't given details on why you believe it's not the right person. That doesn't help people figure out if you're on the right track or if you are disregarding important information.
I have had the best luck finding people through relatives and people who knew the person. If he was from West Virginia, you need to start there and military forums and police forums. His being from West Virginia and being an MP are things your mother told you your whole life, right?
I think I look like the man in the picture with my mother
Look at the military photo. He has a distinctive thick neck. (no offense Mr. Ferguson)
Also, I got an e-mail notification yesterday that someone had posted a comment on your question.
When I came here to read it, it was not here. Did you pursue the suggestion they gave you?
I'm able to read the content but it is not found on your question where it should be.
Maybe it was deleted by the member, within the time frame allowed.
I didnt read anything that was not on here, the member must of deleted the post they put or something.
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