How to do a Search for a Missing Natural Birth Parent
Mising Heir
How to do a Search for a Natural Birth Parent
by
Fred H. Quarles
http://heir.scieron.com
Here are some thoughts on how to get the information you need quickly and
cheaply.....since your story is somewhat the same sort of problem that is
faced by most searchers, I thought I would reply so all could read......
If you are lucky and you are very lucky now that you have both first and
last name of birthmom and grandparents......Here is the trick and the magic
words.
First, the place to look for obituaries is in the local library, over
telephone to the "REFERENCE LIBRARIAN"....this is the MAGIC WORD.....these
people are paid, information specialists, who know almost everything there
is to know in the world.....they are amazing people......friendly, helpful,
genius......and every library has one or more. The newspapers are not really
set up to do this withoug a lot of grumbling.
Second, if you ask, they may even fax the obituary to you....but at least
they will copy it and send it.....Just tell them you are somewhere far away
and it isn't convenient to come in. (i would suggest that you invest in an
800 number from Sprint or MCI at $20/month and tie it to your fax
machine.....that makes it easy for someone to help you.....they don't have
to spend money on stamps....so they will do it right now, rather than next
month sometime....It's easier to help when they are wending a TOLL FREE fax
to you.....(MAGIC WORD).....libraries are on a tight budget and will go
through $20 worth of labor to charge $.25 for a photocopy).
Get the obit for both grand parents (all four if you can get them).....this
will tell you who the survivors are and probably where they are, as well as
the funeral home and cemetery.....Another quick check with the funeral home
will probably turn up additional information on survivors (who paid for the
funeral)......and next of kin.....
Then get a copy of the death certificate.....this will have names of spouse,
informant (likely a child with an address) and great grandparents.....Get
this from the Bureau of Vital Statistics where they died...
Then draw a family tree.....fill in the place of birth, date of birth, date
of death and social security number (from the death certificate) for each
person......leave a blank for each person you don't have a name for but know
exists and fill in this information as you get it.....(either from
conversations with people who know or form future research)......
Then call the courhouse in the county of death for each person you are
looking for and see if there is an estate filed.. This gets a little
frustratingg because in the busier areas, they will often tell you to come
in....just tell them that isn't easy because you are a long way away.....Ask
how many documents are in the file and how much they cost.....you want the
WILL, PETITION, and FINAL DISTRIBUTION LIST and FAMILY TREE if there is
one....This should cost $10-$20 or so.
This information will give you addresses of people and usually their
relationship to one another......use it to fill in the blanks on your family
tree......Be sure you pay particular attention to Date of Birth, Date of
Death, Where Born, Where Married, Where Died. This is important information
for ordering birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage licenses.
Now you have a document, that , when you speak to someone further on down
the tree, gives you instant credibility and they will help you with the
other family information you need instead of giving you the run around. At
this point you probably know more about the family than any one in it.
Similarly, ask the courthouse for marriage records and get copies of the
MARRIAGE LICENSE AND MARRIAGE APPLICATION (you need them both) for each
grandparent, aunt, uncle, parent, brother, sister that you can find.
The marriage license is a gem of public information....it will have the age
or date of birth of each party on it, (Essential and one of the few places
you can get it). This will allow you to have the FULL CORRECT NAME of each
party and the FULL CORRECT NAME OF THE PARENT.
This information is essential when later, you are making random phone calls
trying to find Jane Smith.....(the one you are looking for has parents named
Alphonsius Smith and Samantha Rumpelstilskin) for example.....it is about
the only way you can identify the REAL person you are looking for........
This background information is important in locating your Birth Mom and
dad.....actually it is essential....
The last step is now simple....Just look in the Marriage Records
again....you will now know the Birth Mom's maiden name....find out who she
married (even if she didn't marrry your biological father)....check the
divorce records to make sure she didn't get divorced....if she did check the
marriage records again to see who she married this time.
Now, call the REFERENCE LIBRARIAN again and ask her to run the name throught
the CD-ROM PHONEDISC.... and there is a 95% probability that you will find a
name, address and phone number.....
Since the Phone Disc and SSDI (Social Security death Index) are not yet in
every library, you may have to check a few different libraries to find one
that has them...... (Or you can ask the ACQUISITION LIBRARIAN to buy them
for the libraries collection.....no good library should be without these
things) .....
The last step, if this didn't work, is to call the REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
again, ask her to make you a photocopy of the Criss Cross Directory Page of
the address on your mother's marriage license or last known address....This
will give you a list of neighbors and their phone numbeers.....Call
them.....ask them what happened to your birth mom.....Within a few phone
calls, you will find someone who is still in touch....probably just got a
christmas c ard ....and can tell you where she (or he) is now.......
Similarly, if you are searching for your birth dad, go through the same
routine....it's easier since you do not have to find all the maiden
names....But you do need his date of birth....
The place to get this is usually Voter Registration....if he was ever a
registered voter, this will either be in current files or archives.....This
sort of thing is almost never thrown away.
Voter Registration usually has Date of Birth at least, sometimes Social
Security Number, and sometimes Parents and place of birth depending on the
state you are looking for.
With a little practice, you can work out one of these situations in a couple
of days on the phone....if you are lucky, you can resolve things in a few
hours or even minutes...it's all a matter of knowing where to look and what
questions to ask.
If you need further help, one professional company that does this sort of
thing is Locators Inc888-595-9131 TOLL FREE Locators, Inc. offers a FREE
Evaluation of your case. Call them now. They have a good track record
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