So the search begins! Don't give up hope! My questions/suggestions are very general since I do not know your family or locations. If you want to contact me off line with specifics then I will be happy --- as I am sure others will also be --- to try to give specific suggestions. It may take a while for searches to bring forth fruit - << the children of James Sheldon Henry who passed away 12/16/2004. >> *WHERE?* Presuming that the obituary would carry only things that you and your mother, the third wife, would know there are probably no clues - << searching for my brother Daniel whom I've never met and my sister Hope, - in her 30s - whom I've spoken to just once in my whole life. >> ** sister, Hope - depending on the circumstances and location of the encounter, there could be clues here ** << Daniel would be in his 40's, possibly in California >> ** you must have some fact or pretty good clue to say where he could possible be?? ** Death Certificate: who gave the information? have you actually looked at it for clues - name & places? Obituary: Do not overlook the fact that somehow the other children (only these two?) were informed and made a contact to the funeral home and/or cemetery .. James Sheldon Henry's parents and siblings? It is rare that the entire family would loose complete track of two children ... I'd be asking lots of questions here. Were both Daniel and Hope by the same mother or by 1st and 2nd wives? Did either of the children have middle names? I'd begin with your parents' marriage license ... at least in some states the application would ask if there are previous marriages and if divorced/death occurred, and where. So that might help you look for the divorce and marriage records of the first two wives. I'd do a check of all - even Daniel who is still young - of the Social Security Death Index ... at least to rule out death. Check your father's as well. Check your library or bookstore for a copy of "Find Anyone Fast, Easy-to-Use guide to Finding Anyone Anywhere! including How to use the Internet" by Richard S. Johnson and Debra Johnson Knox (private investigators). MIE Publishing, Spartanburg SC 29301. Try Cindi's List .... http://www.cyndislist.com/finding.htm for finding living people. And there are many other sites ... just use your search engine and a variety of word combinations to come up with them. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Harris County, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <tonya.libby@bge.com> To: <HENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:06 PM Subject: [HENRY] Finding my sister and brother-Hope and Daniel > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JRi.2ACEB/3223 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi, my name is Tonya (Henry) Libby. I'm searching for my brother Daniel whom I've never met and my sister Hope, whom I've spoken to just once in my whole life. They were the children of James Sheldon Henry who passed away 12/16/2004. I am the only daughter and oldest child from our father's third marriage. Daniel would be in his 40's, possibly in California and I'm not sure where Hope would be, just that she's possibly changed her name and should be in her 30's. > > If anyone can point me in the right direction. I would be grateful. > > Thank you. > > > ==== HENRY Mailing List ==== > http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ > Rootsweb Guide to doing genealogy > Lessons for self-help > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >