hi folks, i just used the 1940 National Registration to find a long lost person..and had success. I am elated and having a hard time thinking clearly! I have posted many times here trying to identify WILLIAM RICHARDSON born in Hull, Yorkshire, England in 1887. He emigrated to Canada in 1910 and married in Victoria, BC in 1911. His first wife died in 1921 and he took his 2 oldest "East" and had the younger 2 daughters "adopted out". One distant family member told me she thought he had visited Victoria about 1946 from "the East, maybe Toronto area". I have been trying to find him because he was my elderly friend's birth father and she has never known what became of him. So, WILLIAM RICHARDSON lived in Toronto 1940 at 7 Castlefield ave with a second wife. As expected he was a salesman, manuf. agt. Now what? I would appreciate advice on how to proceed. The obvious is to look thru Toronto Directories. I can "ask a librarian" in a limited manner, at least to confirm and maybe get wife's name. I guess I might follow thru to see when he "disappears" from Toronto Directories, but if he moved, I am sunk...too many "William Richardsons". But he likely died in Toronto. Does anyone know of any issues of Toronto Directories that are online? what else can I do to follow him to the end of his life? Maybe the next thing to find out is his death? The two oldest daughters are no longer at home in 1940...Dorothy and Betty. They would be about 25 and 28 by then, likely married. I would welcome any tips from this list. thanks Liz of BC Canada

What is the site for this 1940 National Registration? Heather -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of harvieandliz Sent: January 16, 2012 5:44 PM To: ONTARIO@rootsweb.com Subject: [ONTARIO] it worked! 1940 National Registration hi folks, i just used the 1940 National Registration to find a long lost person..and had success. I am elated and having a hard time thinking clearly! I have posted many times here trying to identify WILLIAM RICHARDSON born in Hull, Yorkshire, England in 1887. He emigrated to Canada in 1910 and married in Victoria, BC in 1911. His first wife died in 1921 and he took his 2 oldest "East" and had the younger 2 daughters "adopted out". One distant family member told me she thought he had visited Victoria about 1946 from "the East, maybe Toronto area". I have been trying to find him because he was my elderly friend's birth father and she has never known what became of him. So, WILLIAM RICHARDSON lived in Toronto 1940 at 7 Castlefield ave with a second wife. As expected he was a salesman, manuf. agt. Now what? I would appreciate advice on how to proceed. The obvious is to look thru Toronto Directories. I can "ask a librarian" in a limited manner, at least to confirm and maybe get wife's name. I guess I might follow thru to see when he "disappears" from Toronto Directories, but if he moved, I am sunk...too many "William Richardsons". But he likely died in Toronto. Does anyone know of any issues of Toronto Directories that are online? what else can I do to follow him to the end of his life? Maybe the next thing to find out is his death? The two oldest daughters are no longer at home in 1940...Dorothy and Betty. They would be about 25 and 28 by then, likely married. I would welcome any tips from this list. thanks Liz of BC Canada *********** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message