[purpledolphin]

Hi Everyone,

Well the dilema is this, my husbands father died when he was 2 years old and he never got to know him. He has recently discovered that his father has 3 other siblings from a previous marriage making them his step brothers and sisters.

He would love to meet them but we don't know where to start in finding them.

They were born and lived in Tasmania but obviously as so many years have passed they could be anywhere in Australia or even overseas.

Any information on how to go about tracking these people down or past experiences would be appreciated.

Thanks, Tracy..

[~mimo~]

electoral roll?

I also think the salvos or red cross may help in situations like this.

Good luck with the search.

[buttercup-bob]

hi hi..

My only advice is if he had a surname that isnt really that common is to go through the electrol rolls held in the state library for each state and then write nice letters to those people if there isnt too many of them. you never know, someone might know something that will help! if you can, try to include as much info as possible and even a self stamped envelope for a reply. My mum found this was very helpful when she was researching our family tree. Another option is to hit the white pages and start ringing people - just make sure your really confident in what you have to say because sometimes family's dont know the whole story and telling them of previously unknown relatives sometimes gets a bit emotional.. good luck with your quest!

[*Appletree*]

I traced my mum's family though Births, Deaths and Marriages. THey are state specific I think. Also found a few rellies by seraching armed services listings.

HTH

[Tallen]

Don't want to take over the OPs thread, but I'm in a similar situation....

My Grandfather (Dads father) left New Zealand when he was only a young man, and never stayed in contact with his family, or told us much about them. I would dearly love to try to find any of them, but don't know where to start, as all I know is that he had at least 1 brother and a sister. How would I go about finding info on them?? I have tried some of those *Find a friend* sites etc. and even tried typing in the surname just in Yahoo search, but to no avail so far. Any suggestions?? He was from Otaki originally, if there are any Kiwis that might be able to help??

Ok, sorry for taking over, and thanks.