[jimgosciniak]

When I was a child, I met my Grandfather one time. My mother did not have any relationship with him, and I'm not sure why. I have very little information. Here is what I remember.

His name was Joe Smith. His wife and daughter read tea leaves. Mom says he was a "gypsy". He had the nickname (this is from my memory at 4yrs old) of "Professor X". He lived in Cleveland, and/or Cincinnati in the mid 70's. If he's alive now, I'm guessing he would be 80yrs old. He had a really, really big family. He seemed very kind and positive. He had dark hair.

I'd love to find my relatives. If you have any advice, I'm thankful for it.

[gentlearts]

If you go to ancestry.com, you can find social security death records, also census info up to 1930. With such a common name, it will be harder, and if they led an itinerant lifestyle, they probably didn't pay into SS, or stay in one place too log, etc. Worth a try though.