How do I find family members?

Question

My mom and dad divorced when i was 1 and my dad died about 15 years ago i met him once but my mom says i have a step brother out there somewhere and i wanna find him the only info i know is his aunts name, anyone know any free sites where i can get some info?

Answer 1

You don't say how old he is today and I'm always hesitant to put out info on living people on the internet, but especially kids. If you want to email the info in private I'd be happy to help you go through the search engines. You don't need SSDI or the others. You just need names, approximate ages and the place(s) you know they lived...and the aunt's name just makes it that much easier.

Answer 2

IF you are in the US, and your father died here, have you worked finding him in the social security death index? Once you have that, you have a location to narrow to find his obituary, burial place, so forth. As long as your birth cert. proves you to be a child, you should have access also to order the death certificate.
It seems likely that another child (from 2nd marriage?) should be shown on his obituary. The best route is finding his family members, which should lead to the sibling.
Divorces can be nasty... as always, I hope that years passing makes people more open to meeting each other.

Answer 3

Hey Cherry,

If they are living in the USA, use ZABASEARCH, or some of the other tools shown below with it.

If they are deceased, try Family Search.com or some of the tools indicated with it.