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finding missing link in family

I AM 48 YEARS OLD AND TRYING TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY. FIRST OF ALL MY DAD WAS ADOPTED AND HIS REAL MOM WAS A PENECOSTAL PREACHER BY THE NAME OF ELSIE BAKER AND SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A MINISTER BY THE NAME OF ALFRED KORTKAMP WHO STARTED TWO CHURCHES IN ILLINOIS AND WAS HIGH UP IN THE PENECOSTAL MOVEMENT IN THE 1920 AND 1930'S. NOW THERE WAS A TRAIL THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE YMCA IN ST LOUIS MO WHERE AT LOCATION WISE I DONT KNOW BUT THERE IS DOCUMENTS IN THE ATRCHIVES AT THE SPRINGFIELD MO HEADQUARTERS THAT ME AND MY PARENTS SAW THAT IT WAS ABOUT MY DAD AND THESE TWO MINISTERS.

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