Someone Help with Finding My Dad?

Question

My father was 15 and my mom was 16.....pretty simple. Dad split.

I found out not to long ago that my father, when he was in his late 20's, came back to my mom and told her he made a mistake and he wants to be a part of my life...he was getting married and having another baby.....she told him a bunch of explicatives and off he went never to be heard from again. Fast forward to now...

I have a great step father whom I wouldnt trade for the world and I have a brother. I am polar oppisites with both of them.

I am now 32 and I have been married 10 years and I have 3 beautiful children.... I have been thinking about meeting my dad for about 5 years now without the courage to do so.... Maybe nows the time.

Can someone help out as im not savy enough to find him...I would pay but I dont want to be taken for my money.

His name is Chris Cornel Allen (hope thats how its spelled) he would be 47 born in Pa, lived in warminster PA around 1973-74 for a time and I think moved south?

Thanks !!!!!

Well..I quized my mom this morning and I got more hits... He was born Sep 1958 which makes him 48 not 47. He has/had brother Richard Allen (Florida?) and Tom Golden (Pa?)

His mom is Betty Allen, died in 1996 (Pa).

My dad was in the Army. Hes not listed on my Birth Cirt.

Amazes to me that my mother held alot of info from me, im assuming since its Thanksgiving she feels more compelled to tell me? I didnt ask her why she didnt say before now..she always avoided the talk. Its to close to a family holiday to start a fight so Im thankful I got some more info.....

Thanks for all the help Guys I appreciate it!

Answer 1

Hey David,

Now is the time. I hope you do find him, it should not be too difficult. There are over 300 Chris Allen found in the White Pages in the US. That could be narrowed down with PA in the search.
http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/FindPerson?firstname=Chris+&name=Allen&city_zip=&state_id=&default_listing=phone&listing=mixed
Here are a grunch of the sites used for such purposes.

Answer 2

I did a google search for "Chris Cornel Allen" - a long shot, but you never know ... anyway, only found a guy born in 1837. No good.

I then did a search for "Christopher Allen" which, understandably, turned up plenty:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22Christopher+Allen%22&btnG=Search&meta=
A good start might be browsing through some of these to see if any are about the right age and emailing them.
Try "Chris Allen " and a few alternate spellings too., ie Allan, Alan.

Answer 3

I found a Christopher Conelius Allen in Denver Colorado.
There was no age or phone number, just an addres current as of
2004.

800 Pennsylvania St.
Denver, CO 80203

We have the same story and I found my father at the age of 37. It can be done without using a professional or spending tons of money. This will be my first Thankgiving with my biological father EVER! I'm nervous and EXCITED at the same time.

Goodl luck to you! If you need any more help, just E-mail me and I'll see what I can do....

Answer 4

Congratulations on having a wonderful family! If you go to Ancestry.com and subscribe, you may have a good chance of finding him. I think that the basic subscription is $30, but sometimes you can use them on a trial basis for a month where they would refund your money. I was able to find many friends through that and many relatives I didn't know existed. Also check out genealogy.com. I was searching for my great grand father and found his brother, cousins and aunts alive and well. I wish you all the luck in the world.

Answer 5

This is something you can try if nothing else works.

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
(click on advanced) has 2 Betty Allens who die din PA in 1996. If one is your grandmother, you can try for her obituary.
http://www.tedpack.org/obit.html
tells you how.

If you get it, it usually will say "survived by sons --- of {town, state}, --- of {town, state} etc. That will be where they were in 1996, obviously, but old people don't move as often as young ones, and one of the three might still be in his 1996 town. If so (note there are a LONG string of "If"s in this suggestion, so don't get your hopes up), you could call those men in those towns to see if one is your father / uncle.

Best of luck!

Answer 6

Some question to ask yourself.

Do you know his social security number?
Do you know in which state he resides?
Were your mother and father married?
Do you know anyplace he worked?
In what county were they married? Divorced? These are public records and are in the county courthouse.

Search his name on the internet.
Search marriage records in the county he lived to see he married there.
Good luck

Answer 7

[phone] 206 CEDARBROOK CT, CANONSBURG, PA CHRISTOPHER C ALLEN

CHRISTOPHER C ALLEN Born 1958
[phone]

CHRISTOPHER C ALLEN
50 BERRY RD
BELLE VERNON, PA 15012 County [phone]

I hope this helps,

If you want to do your own search, go to zabasearch.com

good luck in finding your dad!

Answer 8

I have found several long lost counsins in the past few years. Try checking out geneology.com they have bullitin boards where you can leave messages. a month ago I found a counsin there that I had not heard from in 20 years!

Answer 9

Go Zabasearch.com (FREE) and search for him. If that doesn't work, type his name into Google and see if anything comes up. Good luck.

Answer 10

i'd like to know how to find someone to but i dont have the money right now to pay...i want to find my grandpa before he dies...