Why this is a great hobby. Simple dog tag is a link to someone's life story.

[FreeBirdTim]

Nice and crisp 30 degrees today, so I headed for the woods. Found a few 1930's shotgun shells and a 1981 dog tag. Not a thrilling day, but the dog tag was an amazing link to the past.

By doing a Google search of the dog owner's name, I managed to trace this person's life! Click on the links below and you can follow this person's time on this earth. This is what makes this hobby so much fun. A mundane find like a dog tag can reveal so much history.



Sandra-Oleary-Malone - User Trees - Genealogy.com

Robert Ciscoe Obituary - Towanda, PA | Daily Review

 

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[Terry Soloman]

I'm torn. Something doesn't feel right to me about posting the personal info even though it's public. Great researching however.

 

[kingskid1611]

Neat research off a simple dog tag....

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on your finds

 

[against the wind]

Quite a bit of detective work,,
Congrats

 

[rick67]

Bob was a loser. Maybe Sandra is still around to tell about the dog tag.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

I'm torn. Something doesn't feel right to me about posting the personal info even though it's public. Great researching however

Not sure what your problem would be in regard to posting this info. As you stated, it's public information. The obituary is a tribute to the person and the other info is meant to be used in genealogy research.

I was hoping to return the dog tag to this person. That was my main reason for Googling his name. Guess I just can't win with some people here...

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on your success in the research.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Research is part of the fun of this hobby, and I commend you for wanting to do research to return a simple dog tag. Most people would have just put them in a box or display case, or maybe even thrown it away.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Not sure what your problem would be in regard to posting this info. As you stated, it's public information. The obituary is a tribute to the person and the other info is meant to be used in genealogy research.

I was hoping to return the dog tag to this person. That was my main reason for Googling his name. Guess I just can't win with some people here...

C'mon Tim! I'm not knocking you - it's me. I said you did great research, I just would have tried to make contact with the family and kept most of the info I found private. Just a different approach.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/general-discussion/505507-phone-call-i-made-june-8-2012-a.html

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Okay, Terry, I guess I misinterpreted what you stated. I think the lesson learned here is don't put too much info on a dog tag! Just put a phone number and maybe the dog's name on the tag.

If the info on the tag was current, I wouldn't have posted it. I did check the phone number and it's being used by a business in Johnston, RI now. The address is the old style we used here at least 30 years ago, so that's no help. Everyone uses a street name and number since the 911 service was put in use.

 

[Tommy G]

Dog tags can be some pretty interesting finds. I found a 1908 tag with only "Male", a number and the county name. On a lark, I went to the court house to see if they still had a record of it, but unfortunately no. Records were lost decades ago in a fire. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed how many court house fires we've had during our history? Anyway, I wanted to ID the owner, and possibly return the dog tag to an heir. Not a gold college ring, but I think that would be pretty cool.

 

[KandiKlover]

I like that, the history has always been the big part of the MD interest for me, imagining what was going on here at the time or where the item been and who had it.