For many years I exchanged Christmas cards with a John "Bill" Patch of Coarsegold, California in the heart of Yosemite Valley. He passed away about ten years ago of old age. He wrote me a letter in which he mentioned he served in World War II in the US Marine Corps and was a Chemistry teacher in a local high school before he retired. He attached this letter to a copy of an extensive genealogy computer generated report by which he traced his ancestry back to the original settlers from England: William, John and James Patch and a wife Elizabeth. I was then trying to establish my own lineage to the same progenitors. I thought you might be related to the same line of ancestors. I happened to catch your participation in a C-span program last night on WWII submarine warfare and decided I would like to pursue the connection with you by correspondence.
Nov 24, 2020 8:27 AM