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Searching for a living person

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:33
by jwalker85@hotmail.com
Any help or advice is most appreciated!
Greetings from San Antonio here, hope all my friends are well & happy!

I am trying to locate a lady ........ b 1940.
She would have lived in Southport for quite some time. I have no info re a marriage for her.
Thanks, with appreciation, Joe

Edited to remove names of possible living person. MA

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 09:47
by MaryA
http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... php?t=8154

Try a few hints we have put together here.

Veronica Higgins

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 20:02
by jwalker85@hotmail.com
Dear Mary,Greetings & many thanks for your interest!
I had to start all over again as I couldn't recall where I got the name from!
All I did was confirm all that you had found without a Veronica Higgins born of a Rose A. Walker

Rose A Walker did marry John Higgins 4th Qtr 1938

Rather flumixed by all of this I had another go at a relative of this Walker branch. Now the truth comes out..... and I don't know why she didn't tell me all of this...

Rose, had one child named Veronica, who was illegitimate with no fathers name on the birth certificate. Veronica had been born during WWII,
most likely in the Bootle area and later moved to Southport.
The matter was not generally mentioned in the Walker family, you know how we were in them there days!
I have tried a search looking at Higgins & Walker births without any success.1938-1946
Is there any way to find out about births of illegitimate children?
Kind Reagrds, Joe in TX

Posted: 13 Feb 2010 21:47
by MaryA
As stated on your original message, this lady may still be living and we don't post information about living people on this messageboard.

Try searching for the lady under her mother's maiden name as that is likely to be what she was registered under if she was illegitimate.

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 05:37
by jwalker85@hotmail.com
Mary- Pray tell me when we stopped mentioning living persons?
Thanking you Joe

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:37
by MaryA
It was decided a long time ago that in this day and age of identity theft most genealogy sites do not post details of living people.

The consensus of opinion on this site has been that we wouldn't like our details found on a public forum.

As there are other specific places for this kind of search, and we are more interested in earlier generations, that this forum would respect the privacy of living people.

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 16:17
by jwalker85@hotmail.com
Thank you Mary for explaining this matter as it had never been mentioned over the three years I have been researching. I will of course use the PMs for such matters in the future. Kindly & with Love Joe in Tx

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 20:27
by Hilary
I would suggest you contact the local paper for Southport, it's called the Southport Visiter with a seeking _______________ request and see if you get any response. Perhaps putting any last known address for the family.

Ed Officer

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 04:31
by jwalker85@hotmail.com
Unfortunately there is no known address.
It is indeed difficult almost searching for a needle in a haystack!
Thank you for your continued interest !! Joe in San Antonio TX