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Posted by Barbara (U4258832) on Sunday, 23rd October 2011
Hi
A friend in the US is looking for her father, although she doesn't have much information. I know that living persons cannot be discussed, but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me the best way to go about it. She has his name, possible place of birth and his mother's name and the fact that he was in Europe WW2.
I hope this is okay to ask this, but I don't know where to point her
Barbara
Hi Barbara,
we cannot discuss living people on this site however there are many different ways of finding 'lost relatives'
It's not clear from your post if your friends father is in Europe or USA
but these links might help...
Booth Hunter
Hi
Thank you for your help.
He is/was in England.
I will try the site that you suggested
Barbara
Good luck...
BH
www.familytreeforum.com
This site has a page for adoption/reunion and has a Personal message system where you can start a thread and then people can ask you for the information by PM and it is shielded from search engines.
Free to join and you can post any time in 24 hours as it does not close.
Edna
If he was in the uk then I would start by looking for his death, if found, we can openly discuss your options without the need to go to other internet sites.
You could try searching the USA telephone directory, google USA white pages.
You could also take out a 14 day free trial on Ancestry.com (worldwide edition). Just remember to cancel before the 14 days is up and you won't get debited.
If you then look for the person through the various US directories which are quite up to date. I've successfully searched for someone in the USA this way and called them within 30 minutes or so of starting a search!
On Ancestry there is also the US public Index worth checking for other previous addresses... this might help track him down.
If the person has since died in the USA, his death should be listed in the SSID (Social Security Index)
Ancestry worldwide edition also holds WW2 draft records for all US men. Men had to enlist even if they were never called up, same for WWI
1920/1930 USA federal census is also online, a rough age and location might be a good starting point
good luck, I hope the name isn't too common though as that would be quite a trawl!
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