What are some good websites that are free of charge that can help me find my biological father, never met him?

Question

I need some web sites that are free of charge that can help me locate and contact my birth father.

Answer 1

There is a website with online tools at adoptees, genealogists, and those searching for missing persons at:
http://www.genesearch.com/people/

At the bottom of the page are several resources specifically for those researching adoptees.

Answer 2

OK, I found my birth father using the web and public records.
There are a list of questions you should ask your self before you begin.
I am assuming that you know or were raised by your birth mother.
So here are the questions...
1. What state were you born in? Where did your parents meet?
Was it in high school or college? Do you have his full name or just first and last? About what age is he? Any clue what state and city or town he was raised in? Does your mother remember if he had any siblings? Did he have a wife when you were conceived? Other children who might be older than you?

Keep a notebook of all the facts and "possible facts".
I can tell you that most people don't move too far from their original homes.
Free people searches are great because they give possible relatives and states that person has lived in.
Zabaseach will give you the year for the last 5 years for each address listed. So if you find one for 2006 you know it's the most current address for that name.
Classmates dot com is another great resource. Look up his name and the town and state or if you know the name of the high school, try that.
Do a basic google search with his name in the state you think he might live in. If he has done to anything special it will show up.
If he had a relative die, or was a pallbarer his name would show up in the obituaries on google.
I had to search some public records once I thought I found the right guy. That was the one thing that finally helped me find my dad.

If I can help in any other way, let me know.
Don't forget to keep notes everytime you find anything!!!
Do tons of cross referencing!!!

It took me 8 months of searching for 2 hours per day before I found my birth father. Don't get too discuraged.

Answer 3

A little more information from you would make it easier to help you. Especially if you are under 18, and if your father is still living, I'm not sure there are many free websites that can help you. Supposedly the Salvation Army and the Red Cross are both organizations that will help family members track down estranged relatives, but this may not apply if you are adopted. Do you know your father's name and date of birth? You could try putting your father's name in double quotes and entering as a Google search, but if your father's name is something like "John Smith" it will be very hard. If you are not adopted, can your mother offer information to help track him down? Or are there other relatives who may know something? (Sometimes people do know but withhold information because they are trying to protect you. If you are under 18, you may have to accept this)

If you are adopted, first examine why you want to find him. You could contact the agency through which your adoptive parents worked to bring you into their family, but they may not be able to help you. I believe the rules vary from state to state, maybe even from agency to agency. In some cases, the biological parent is OK being contacted eventually, and other times it's basically sealed because the biological parent does not want to be contacted.

Take care!

Answer 4

I found my father 8 years ago and did so, strangely enough, with one phone call to a person who had the same last name in the town from which he came. I never had to "look him up". However, a friend gave me a book she used to find her family (she grew up in foster care). Worked for her; it's titled "How to Locate Anyone Anywhere Without Leaving Home" Ted L. Gunderson

Has some great resources and cost free ways to find people.

Answer 5

I really wish I could help you with that, Lauren, but then, it would have helped if you'd detailed where you are from and what was his name, preferably with the town or city he lived in.

Anyway, genealogy is really only possible in USA where it's better organized.

Here are a few sites that might be useful:

http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.genhomepage.com/
http://www.cyndislist.com/
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/
http://genealogy.about.com/

Hope these will help you.

All the best.

PS,
Just a thought, Lauren, but you could ask the Police Precinct to help you, too. They usually help out people like you. To Serve and to Protect, remember?

Answer 6

you can try the social security administration's website. If you can find that your father is still living then you can try to send a letter to him through the social security administration or if you were adopted you can go through the adoption agency.

Answer 7

i dont know but i got 2 fathers that dont want to spend time with me aint that great

Answer 8

If you know his surname, you could look in

www.rootsweb.com

I have found second cousins using Rootsweb. I found another 2nd cousin using Google.

Answer 9

have you tried www.familysearch.org