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From: "brian johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Using the phone book to find family connections
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:50:06 +0800
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Dear Karen,
whatever you do don't die wondering !! I have found the
electoral roll excellent because as you know some family surnames are
continued in the form of the second christian name as the electoral roll
will give the persons full name .
Yes i would recommend you enclose a stamped envelope , its courteous
and it certainly can't do any harm . As to phoning i would writea letter
first , if no answer then phone but sometimes it depends how patient a
person you are!! Sometimes a phone call can save a lot of time waiting for
some one to write .
I would start off the letter like this
Dear .........,
my apologies for invading your privacy but i
would love to ask are you the descendant of " Charles Brown" as i am
researching this family and would appreciate any help ,etc
Perhaps other listers could add a bit more polish than i
could ,
Good luck, fingers crossed!!
Brian Johnson (Johno)
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Semken <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:05 PM
Subject: [AUS-MELB] Using the phone book to find family connections


> Hi List,
>
> My (deceased) grandfather's family came from Melbourne, and he had 3
brothers born between 1892 and 1905. According to my mum, my grandfather
appeared to have lost contact with his brothers.
>
> I have found the siblings death records on the VIC BDM. I'm wondering if
they had descendants. Because of the BDM birth restrictions I am thinking of
alternate means to track possible descendants.
>
> The White pages identifies 13 records of people with the same surname. I
think phoning may be too confronting, so I'm thinking of writing a letter to
make enquiries.
>
> Has anyone else tried this before? I'm interested in feedback as to whther
others have found this successful or not & ideas such as should I include a
stamped self addressed envelope to encourage a reply etc.
>
> Has anyone also come across a 'nice' letter style for this type of
enquiry?
>
> Thanks all, Karen (Sydney)
>
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