Help with finding my father

weenickieS

My mum told me he hadnt been paying maintenance as the CSA couldnt find him. They later caught up with him when i was 17 as him and his gf/wife had split up and she contacted the CSA about maintenance for their kids. CSA obv got in contact with my mum. So i dont think it did go through court.

RAS

Hmm. There will be records then. Just given the difficulties with the CSA, whether they could reasonaly find a record might be a question.

RAS

weenickieS wrote: »

my brother told me my mum said they were married, she tells me they werent.......get the impression shes hiding something.

HAve you checked this out? It would be relatively easy.

weenickieS

RAS wrote: »

HAve you checked this out? It would be relatively easy.

after speaking to my brother again we have come to the conclusion that she was married and divorced, just not to our dad.

Mojisola

Have you got your own birth certificate? Always start from the known - your birth cert with mother's name and maybe your father's name would be a start. You would then know for sure whether they were married or not.

Even with a name like Smith, you should be able to find a marriage, if there was one, because you have your mother's name.

weenickieS

I did have my birth cert and used it not that long ago but cant seem to find it now.:(
im sure it had my mothers maiden name on it. if they were married it would have his surname rather than her maiden name?:think:

savingmummy

Newspaper bits cost approx £12-£17 i think depends on the paper and what you have. This price is going on birth/death announcement btw!

Buddingblonde

I do my family tree and I just write to the letters page - they are free!
Google for newspapers that cover the towns and cities he has had a connection with and wait for the emails to come back.

Mojisola

weenickieS wrote: »

I did have my birth cert and used it not that long ago but cant seem to find it now.:(
im sure it had my mothers maiden name on it. if they were married it would have his surname rather than her maiden name?:think:

Looks as if you're right and they were never married. If they were married or if he had attended the register office then his name would be on the cert as well as your mother's.

rubytuesday

I wrote to the office of population and census surveys to trace my Dad. Unfortunately they wrote back to say he had passed away.Don't have the address but remember it is in Scotland sure you could google it. I have since been contacted by a half sister through friends reunited, have five half siblings in that family and have traced another three half siblings through ancestry.co.uk. Do have quite an uncommen surname though. Good luck