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I received this email overnight.

Dear Stephen,

I have been referred your e-mail address by Ms.Melisa Urgandokur from the Izmir Apikam Museum. She mentions you are in search of your family roots - that of the family Izmirian based in Iskenderun.

I am a amateur-level researcher, and on the larger scale I attempt to uphold and bring together the few remaining Levantines in Turkey. So I have gathered quite a few contacts and have come across many materials.

Recently, I have come across a photo taken in Eskisehir and signed by the photographer, an Izmirliyan. If you are interested I can scan a copy and send it to you. I was not too sure if it was related to your research.

Best regards,
Andrew Simes