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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: greensocks95 on Tuesday 11 October 11 17:42 BST (UK)
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Hi...
I'm looking for a living relative who is in my wife's family tree.
Now I understand the sensitivity of asking for help on this subject and I've tried 192.com, ukphonebook.com...was able to get an address and have written but no reply so my last resort is this avenue. I am looking for a phone number.
So...a little bit of information, hoping some one would like to help me, they would have to contact me via PM.....for the pertinent info.
The area is Colchester, Essex.
Hoping for some help on this ....thank you
Dave....BC Canada
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Dave ... sorry, but you'd better click 'modify' and remove your email !! We aren't allowed to put emails on Rootschat ... or we'll get spammed !
Ask for someone to contact you via the PM system (the little green scroll under your avatar) ...maybe someone in Colcehester can help.
Good luck with your search ...
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Thank you for replying....I wasn't sure how to word it.
Can you please remove it then..
Thanks
Dave
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Hi Dave
As Lydart says you can remove your e-mail by modifying. Click the modify button next to the original post, this will bring up your message. Delete the bit about e-mail and perhaps say to contact you via a PM. Press save under the message and that will do it.
Good luck in your search.
Jan
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Whew...thanks Jan...My apology to everyone for the violation...
Thanks again for your help
Dave
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I see a moderator has removed it anyway !
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Hello
It certainly is a touchy subject ??? I have had my wrists slapped a couple of times trying to find this sort of information but with the help of some excellent rootschatters I found living relatives regarding my Mother's father they very kindly PM'd me and gave me some wonderful help so a big THANK YOU to those that helped and good luck with your search
:)
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Dave
Very few of us are in the phone book nowadays,too many spam phone calls,so we choose to go ex directory.
Also the phone book only relates to those people who have BT( British Telecom) as their provider.
If the people you seek are fairly young or have younger rellies,have you tried Facebook and other social networking sites?
Or maybe even Friends (and Genes) Reunited?
A letter to their local paper may bear fruit ,there are lots of family's being reunited and newspapers always love a good story.
Hope you get lucky with one of those suggestions.
Carol
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Thank you Carol..
Now I understand your telephone system.......They are in their mid 50's...but ..
I haven't tried facebook....I have tried Genes Reunited...
Thanks for the suggestions.
Dave
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Thank you Carol..
Now I understand your telephone system.......They are in their mid 50's...but ..
I haven't tried facebook....I have tried Genes Reunited...
Thanks for the suggestions.
Dave
Even those of us in our (late) 50's can manage Facebook ;D ;D ;D
In fact I'm on it but my youngest son is not 8)
Good luck
Carol
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Don't give up on the phone book - I have managed to find two living relatives for two different people using the phone book.
I used a paper version of the phone book and got my hands on a book that was a about 2008-9
I used facebook to look for a 75 year old - I searched for any children he had had and then searched for them instead, that worked :P
good luck
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HI..
Thanks for the advise....If I had access to BT phone books that might help and this couple doesn't have any children....so ....back to square one
Thanks tho
Dave
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HI..
Thanks for the advise....If I had access to BT phone books that might help and this couple doesn't have any children....so ....back to square one
Thanks tho
Dave
http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha
I thought you'd already treid the phone book..........sorry!
Carol
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Hi Carol..
Thanks for the link.....I have not tried that site before.....What I meant was having access to paper phone books, although ancestry have some access to phone directories but only up to 1984
Thanks again for the link.
Dave