This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2037 Message Board Post: I am very new to this whole searching for relatives. I am 30 years old and decided it might be good to find out about my father's side of my family. I was very young (1-3) last time I saw the man and would appreciate any information about how I can search without spending tons of money or if anyone knows anything, I would appreciate it. When I was born, my home town is listed as Joplin, MO. We lived on a Rural Route.

Hi, I would suggest starting with white page sites, I use switchboard (url is below) since it's updated regularly. do a search on Robert Foster in Joplin MO. If that turns out not to help, then try just foster and see if you can find any relatives that way. Good luck. MaryBeth http://www.switchboard.com This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2037 Message Board Post: I am very new to this whole searching for relatives. I am 30 years old and decided it might be good to find out about my father's side of my family. I was very young (1-3) last time I saw the man and would appreciate any information about how I can search without spending tons of money or if anyone knows anything, I would appreciate it. When I was born, my home town is listed as Joplin, MO. We lived on a Rural Route.

It does cost money, but I had good luck using USSearch for finding living family members, specifically my father's sister whom he'd never met. The more information you have about somebody before you request a search, the better they are at locating them. The URL is http://www.ussearch.com/ Would you know an approximate birth date and place for your father? It might be on your birth certificate. What do living family members know about him and where he went? Would your aunts and uncles or grandparents if they are still living know who your father's parents were? If your parents were legally divorced, and you know the county, you could get a copy of the divorce record. That might have some clues about where your father was at a particular time. The divorce record will often also have the date and place of the marriage. You might also want to check the Joplin City Directory for the year you were born and see where you father was living at that time. I haven't tried it myself, but you might be able to write the reference librarian there and ask them to look it up for you. http://www.joplinpubliclibrary.org/ Good luck! - Heather On 18 Jul 2002 FosFam@msn.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2037 > > Message Board Post: > > I am very new to this whole searching for relatives. I am 30 years old and decided it might be good to find out about my father's side of my family. I was very young (1-3) last time I saw the man and would appreciate any information about how I can search without spending tons of money or if anyone knows anything, I would appreciate it. When I was born, my home town is listed as Joplin, MO. We lived on a Rural Route. >