Even better, Mocavo.com (a genealogical search engine) is now online, specifically made for finding ancestors and missing people. Other sites to try:
Source: 25 years of my own genealogical research and study of the web.
By Cornelia from OR
My name is Sadie and I found your website through an Internet search. I really don't know where to start as I have now been trying my hardest to locate a relative of mine for quite a long time now but to no avail.
I actually gave up searching for a while as I haven't been able to come up with anything solid. However just recently I have decided to start asking for help again as I really want to locate the relative in question as a gift to my mother (it is her brother) whom I understand to be living in the United States.
As I am not a US resident, thus far I have come up against obstacles that hinder my search. I actually live in the United Kingdom. I have only a limited amount of information to go by on from what my mother told me years ago. So here I am again asking a complete stranger would you please please try and assist me in my search? I hope to hear from you soon.
Kind regards.
By Sadie from UK
By cowgirlredneck
05/19/2013
I have access to several websites, such as ancestry.com and others. I can search for you or help you learn how to search. Let me know if I can help. I wish you luck.
Becky H.
truebeliever05 AT gmail.com
I'm looking for my niece, I am her biological father's sister. She would be close to 40 years old. I would very much love to find her. Any thoughts on how to proceed? Thanks for the help.
By Kay
By Joankay
03/18/2013
The Salvation Army helped us find a lost family member some years ago. I don't know if they still offer this service, but it would be worth a try. Good Luck.
I am trying to find my sister I have not seen for 20 years and am having trouble. How can I locate her current address and phone number?
By Elizabeth P.
By Cajun
05/22/2011
I've found this to be pretty good, at least (if found) it will disclose address and a telephone number without you having to join http://www.yellowpages.com/findaperson
By Suntydt
05/15/2011
I have used Zabasearch to successfully find many people. It may take a while and if she has gotten married and you don't know her new name that may make the task a bit difficult.
I am trying to find my sister I have not seen for 20 years and am having trouble. How can I locate her current address and phone number?
By Elizabeth P
By Julia in UK
01/26/2012
Try to find your relative through their profession. If, for example, she was a nurse, you might not have to ask many nurses before someone remembered where your sister lived. Also they might help you to place an advertisement in a trade ot professional magazine.
Often it is difficult to trace people through formal routes because they change their names on marriage or are known by a nickname.
By fatboyslimsmom
05/24/2011
The Salvation Army helps to find lost relatives. We have been contacted by them twice, looking for a man with the same name as my husband, but the one they were trying to find was much older.
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn ... 9D05F78852574410045EEB5?Opendocument
When I was 3 months old my father left my mother to fend for herself and the new born, me. He told my mother he was going back to the state he was born in to go help my great grandmother with my great grandfather because he had fallen ill. A few weeks passed and my mother finally got the nerve to call my grandmother due to the fact my mother had never met any of my father's family because they all lived in different states. His dad lived in Florida, his mom in Illinois, and his grandparents were there too.
Anyways when she called, his grandmother said no her husband was fine and he had never came to her house. My mother tried to find him using his Social Security number, but failed. 15 years later I'm finally old enough to know what is going on. Now she says she doesn't know what this social security number is or anything. I found a old birthday card he sent when I was two, with an old PO box number on it.
She doesn't remember most things when I ask her, like what did he look like. I have a feeling she isn't telling everything to me and my mother doesn't keep things from me.
He's done this once before. I have an older sister by him whom I have never met either. All I know is his name. If you have any ideas on how to find him please let me know.
Thank you it would mean the world to me if I could meet my father at least once before I turn 18, but it would be nicer if I could before 16. :)
By "hollywoodundead" from Akron, OH
By Cookin'Arkie
12/06/2011
Try genforum, a genealogy site that helps in finding family members, alive and not. You can google search by typing genforum and your last name. Also can be searched by state and sometimes county. Hope you find who you are looking for.
I am looking for my son. I haven't seen him in 38 years. He lives in Rochester, New York.
By Robert
By murphthejo
10/09/2012
I used to do adoption searches & have reunited close to 40 families. IF you have his social security # they used to let you write a letter to the person you are searching for & they would send it to them & it was then up to the person being searched for to contact you. Let me know if I can help. lulupurk AT yahoo.com
How can I find out if a cousin is alive? He has not been seen in forty years. His mom said she lost contact while he was in prison 29 yrs ago. He was tried on federal charges in Virginia in 1990. He and another witness disappeared. He should be about 55 now. It was suggested he might be in witness protection. I would just like to know if he is alive. His younger brother says he has not been contacted in years.
By jow
By T&T Grandma
03/17/2013
If the people who put your cousin were very successful, you are not going to find this person. He made a life choice.
What can I do to find out if my sister's son is still alive? The last time he collected his disability pension from SASSA was at the end of June 2012. We have been trying to locate him through Missing Children, friends, and family. Now, after such a long time, we are not sure if he is dead or alive. We accept the fact that he could be dead, but obviously would like to get closure. Where on the web can I go to find out if he is still alive (or dead)?
By E. de V.
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