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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 03 August 13 18:07 BST (UK) »
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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 03 August 13 18:39 BST (UK) »
You have mentioned possible French-speaking ancestors in Louisiana.  FamilySearch has a lot of Louisiana records so it is a good place to start. There are also numerous sites dedicated to Cajun ancestry.  And there are some Louisiana newspaper archives available.

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=UNITED_STATES
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
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Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 13 August 13 16:25 BST (UK) »
It is a long shot..........
Have you looked on the freebmd index to see if you can find his birth registration details, that at least could give you what quarter and area he was registered in, although I doubt you could obtain his birth cert, if you could find that and apply for family history purposes maybe, by stating on that on the form and your relationship as sister.

FreeBMD is only really complete up to the mids 1960's.I'd be very surprised if you found any births from the 1990's on there yet.

Maybe you could look into your dad's family,did he have any siblings,are his parents still alive?
Do you have an address that he was living at when he died? There might be some clues in the electoral rolls at that address.

All very difficult ,as Dawn says, when Rootschat is really meant to help with finding ancestors,and not living relatives.

Carol

His family is alive but they knew less about him than I did. A lot of his family tried to deny him. My mom said the same thought was of me as well even though I think anyone who saw him can obviously see I'm a lot like him in looks. However since when he was a baby he didn't look at all like my dad his mom's claim that he was his child was questioned and therefore I don't think he was ever seen as really family. I always say I have a brother because as far as I know I do. I just want to know if he actually exists if he's still around. But I can't go by my dad's family as they know very little about him. I know his name which is something I don't think many them even know.

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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 13 August 13 16:27 BST (UK) »
Are these people you mention all born in the UK or USA?

If the USA then the situation will be different and you'll need advice from people on the correct board.

Carol

What board for USA yes I have no connection to the uk at all.


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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 13 August 13 16:36 BST (UK) »
Your post was moved and is now on the US board. 


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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 13 August 13 16:42 BST (UK) »
Have you checked www.switchboard.com or www.whitepages.com?  If you know his mother's maiden name, have you tried his first name + her surname?  If you know where he grew up, try to see if he is in a high school yearbook for that area.  Some yearbooks are online, or a local library might have it in their catalog and be willing to do a look-up for you. 

If you know what state he was born in/lived in, we might be able to point you to more specific sources.

Thanks I searched his name is need to know what state he was in to have a better shot though. But thanks its a good start I appreciate it. We all lived in Grand Rapids Michigan when my dad died. I don't know if he moved elsewhere afterwards like I did though.

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Re: How can I find a relative?
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 13 August 13 16:57 BST (UK) »
You have mentioned possible French-speaking ancestors in Louisiana.  FamilySearch has a lot of Louisiana records so it is a good place to start. There are also numerous sites dedicated to Cajun ancestry.  And there are some Louisiana newspaper archives available.

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=UNITED_STATES
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0vk3/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives

No my family at the time was in Grand Rapids my dad brother and I were all born in Grand Rapids mi.

My brother's mother's name is actually on my dad's obituary.