[Help] Tracking down family Updates to this post /post/229614-tracking-down-family Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:54:23 +0100 The post was closed by *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-7591664 *Dougie* Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:08:07 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634899 I have their phone number…
Please read the earlier replies!

]]> *Dougie* Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:07:25 +0100 Reply from InsertFishHere /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634894 yea, that would be a better idea, remember to put 44 at the begining otherwise you wont get the right person…

]]> InsertFishHere Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:00:09 +0100 Reply from Freke /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634893 try http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publis… for a start

]]> Freke Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:55:40 +0100 Reply from Freke /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634892 lol try using a uk directory enquires to get a phone number.

]]> Freke Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:54:50 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634890 I am going to!
I was just trying to get in contact with them quicker! Never mind…

]]> *Dougie* Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:50:38 +0100 Reply from Freke /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634889 [quote Dougie the Pisces]We know where they are.
The letter has a return address.
It has photos of my cousins and my dad’s uncle.

They look as they did when I met them years ago, only older.
They are in the UK, I am in Australia, we get a letter from them every year!

Its not some scam…
I would just like to hear from them more than once a year![/quote]

write back???????? lol snail mail has its uses even today!!

]]> Freke Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:48:48 +0100 Reply from InsertFishHere /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634858 that sounded evil, what r u up to lol?

]]> InsertFishHere Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:25:51 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634856 Yeah I want it now! hahahaha!

]]> *Dougie* Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:24:15 +0100 Reply from InsertFishHere /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4634854 its looks like i’m a bit late for this post…

but Dorset is a county, its in the south west. If you want to try to find your family you should write back. Facebook probably wont work, you can only find those who are subscribed and if your relatives are not subscribed then you won’t be able to find them… but you could try friends reunited, its a UK based site where you can search for relatives/friends and even make your own family tree. I’d give it a try if i were you but not all of of it is free so there are certain things you cant do but you will definatly be able to search for people and message them…

But i know Dorset quite well, my family often go there for our spring holidays so i may recognise part of the address. How that would help i’ve no idea, your best bet is to write back, it wont take that long…

]]> InsertFishHere Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:22:18 +0100 Reply from ~Shie~ /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4629957 i have to say that when it comes to geography, im lost… lmfao.. im lucky that i know where NY is… hahahahahah…
but with facebook and such… usually all you have to do is type in their name and click search…
hope that works.. havent read everyones replies.. but i hope they help too..
best of luck.. hugs

]]> ~Shie~ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:33:43 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627421 And thanks for your help so far everyone!
:D

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:20:38 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627270 ahem!….

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:29:33 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627260 Cheers…
Narrowing it all down…
I’ll get them ;)

My detective skills have never failed me yet :D

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:25:49 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627233 Dougie, try Skype. You can search for names on there too.

Campbell of Breadalbane here…mixed with a liberal dose of Cameron and Ross!
Not that any of that matters, I was born in the city!

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:15:34 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627231 Well I cant be of much help then Dahhhling :-) sorry

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:15:19 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627229 [quote cailean]Sorry Dougie. I managed to get addresses for friends in Scotland on it. Verified by the listing of family members.I know there are sections you have to pay for, but hey..I’m Scots, I don’t.[/quote]

Hehehehe… Yeah I’m a Simpson…
We come from the Fraser clan ;)
I’m allowed to wear the Fraser tartan ;)

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:14:20 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627226 I’m avoiding using messenger atm…
It keeps sending people spam links :S

We don’t have any package deals :(

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:13:44 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627217 My friend calls me from Aussie all the time, she has some sort of package deal that gives her the calls at a cheaper rate.

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:12:37 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627214 Sorry Dougie. I managed to get addresses for friends in Scotland on it. Verified by the listing of family members.
I know there are sections you have to pay for, but hey..I’m Scots, I don’t.

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:11:50 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627213 How about making a real quick phone call and exchanging emails for messenger or something Dougie :-) and its 5am roughly there now they are six hours ahead of me, Im in usa

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:10:48 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627211 Bebo is a popular networking site in the UK too.

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:10:20 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627210 This 102.com thing is a crock!
It claims to be a really good website, yet you have to pay to use it!
OMG… I’m so sick of doing web searches for people, and sites claiming to be so good they want money!

That makes it a BAD website if you ask me!
*frustrated sigh

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:10:19 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627205 That’s ok Sasha….you should see some of the mistakes I’ve made!

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:09:59 +0100 Reply from Michael Leibman /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627203 There are some big social networking sites (like facebook) more populated by people in that particular area of the world. There’s actually a couple really big ones but I can’t quite remember the names.

]]> Michael Leibman Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:09:31 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627200 Yep callien gotcha :P and me a brit too “blush” lol

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:08:57 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627199 I can get in touch.
But what I should explain is that the letter came from my second cousin who was not born the last time my Dad’s cousin visited.
He has never met me.

It is 3am in the UK right now… or thereabouts.
I just wanted to locate them on facebook today if possible, without having to wait a couple of months to get a return letter, or make expensive phone calls which we can’t really afford.

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:08:43 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627196 I stand corrected I said town its a county :P have a look at this you can see where they are, although you may have already.

http://www.thedorsetpage.com/

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:08:14 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627193 Sasha, you sure it’s a town? I’ve only ever heard of the County Dorset.

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:07:50 +0100 Reply from ____________________ /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627186 [quote Sasha101]Dorset is a town hon,Im a bit confused as to why you cant get in touch, you have a return address and a phone number yes ?[/quote]

And their names…

]]> ____________________ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:06:05 +0100 Reply from Sasha101 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627183 Dorset is a town hon,Im a bit confused as to why you cant get in touch, you have a return address and a phone number yes ?

]]> Sasha101 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:05:28 +0100 Reply from Mez /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627174 Good Luck Dougie!

]]> Mez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:02:55 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627171 Thanks guys…
I thought it was a county,
Because there’s a street address on the letter,
Followed by a ’suburb’
Followed by what would appear to be a county. which is Dorset!

Ok… I’m going to check that stuff out! :D

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:02:25 +0100 Reply from Michael Leibman /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627165 Wikipedia says Dorset is a county.

]]> Michael Leibman Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:30 +0100 Reply from Mez /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627163 Yeah, he was never help anyway…

]]> Mez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:18 +0100 Reply from closed /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627162 Dougie, try www.192.com. You can get all kinds of info on there. Not sure about Facebook/Myspace though.

Dorset is a county in England. It’s on the south coast, to the west of Bournemouth.
Try going to Google maps and searching for Dorset UK.

And, no..I’ve never been that far south in England. Been to Stonehenge though… it’s about 30 miles to the NE.

Trivia…(just found out myself) Did you know Stonehenge has a telephone number??
Those Druids, I tell ya!

]]> closed Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:06 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627159 No Mez I don’t.
Unfortunately for this perfect confluence of events…
The answer is sadly no.

I never listened to John Howard.

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:59:13 +0100 Reply from Mez /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627153 Wait, remember John Howard talking about that website Dougie where you can track you family a while ago…

]]> Mez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:58:04 +0100 Reply from ____________________ /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627151 If you have a first and last name, you should be able to find them on Facebook. I found someone from here’s Facebook through a google search of their first and last name.

]]> ____________________ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:57:13 +0100 Reply from Michael Leibman /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627150 Hmm, I don’t know, maybe watch the simpsons and the info will be in the credits…

]]> Michael Leibman Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:57:05 +0100 39 users were invited to read this post by *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-7573496 *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:56:29 +0100 Reply from Mez /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627135 Haha, if mother…

Who cares call them and just say you got the times mixed up…

]]> Mez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:54:53 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627125 Yes I intend to do that! Wolves…
I just want to know if there is a quicker way of finding them…
As in, I can find them on facebook today!
That would be great… I’ve tracked down most of my family I don’t see in Australia on facebook.

Yes Mez, there is a phone number here.
I may ring them after Xmas.

If mother allows me to make an international call that is ;)

Its probably 3am in the UK right now…
So I might do a facebook search in the mean time :D

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:52:53 +0100 Reply from Mez /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627116 [quote jstern5139]i doubt u can find them on fabebook but is there a return address n also look on the envolope n c where it was sent from n then look in the phone book of that area n also it could just be a way to get money form u or sometghing[/quote]

Why is it people refuse to type with correct grammer and punctuation… It is immensly annoying, not to mention hard to read and it makes certain people ask the question, ‘Can they even speak english?’

Sorry to but into your post Dougie. I hope you find them! Have you got a phone number or something?

]]> Mez Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:51:00 +0100 Reply from Wolves_of_Passion /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627113 Write them back and ask them if they have a facebook and anything else you want to know.

]]> Wolves_of_Passion Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:49:50 +0100 Reply from *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627106 We know where they are.
The letter has a return address.
It has photos of my cousins and my dad’s uncle.

They look as they did when I met them years ago, only older.
They are in the UK, I am in Australia, we get a letter from them every year!

Its not some scam…
I would just like to hear from them more than once a year!

]]> *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:47:46 +0100 Reply from Anonymous /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627089 You might consider hiring a private investigator to find them. You may even get some “dirt” on them in the process that you can use at the next family reunion.

]]> Anonymous Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:44:20 +0100 Reply from jstern5139 /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-4627076 i doubt u can find them on fabebook but is there a return address n also look on the envolope n c where it was sent from n then look in the phone book of that area n also it could just be a way to get money form u or sometghing

]]> jstern5139 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:42:20 +0100 The post was edited by *Dougie* /post/229614-tracking-down-family#reply-7573402 *Dougie* Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:41:07 +0100