Tuesday, April 4, 2000
I sent away for a couple more Social Security forms on Monday. First was Grandpa Brandi, who just showed up in the Social Security Death Index. (Grandma Horbal’s not there yet, despite having died only 8 days later.) I want to see who he lists as his mother, although his birth certificate, which I sent for last week, will be definitive on that. The second person is a bit of a stretch, Angelo Brandi. Aunt Lonnie mentioned someone by that name who Grandpa used to talk to, and who he referred to as his cousin. The implication here is that Great-Grandpa Brandi may have come over with his family, rather than all alone, as family legend has it (at least the version that I’ve been told). So if I can trace Angelo back to a common ancestor, I have an answer there. We’ll see. What the hell, it’s only $7, and I wouldn’t take a flier on just any random name in the Death Index.
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