Im trying to find my half sister born in dublin 1975?

Question

Im trying to find my half sister born in dublin 1975?

Answer 1

mmm more details maybe, there were loads of women born in dublin in 1975!!

Answer 2

well iff she was born in dublin they will have a record of her birth cert as long as you have all the details to supply.where in dublin /what hospital ect .

Answer 3

You could try the Salvation Army. I think they still do that kind of thing

Answer 4

Need ALOT more det.

Answer 5

Where she was last at will depend on where to look. Is she in the United States now? Is she still in Dublin or move to another place in Europe? Is she married?

You are probably trying to find out where to start.  You might have to try a People Search site with a good reputation and that is specifically for Europe to start with.

Good Luck.

Answer 6

Well, first ask your father or mother if they have any idea. If not try and go through the Dublin records for 1975 and look for your mothers maiden name or fathers name on the birth certificates. You will probably have to go to Ireland, or you can hire a Private Detective.

Answer 7

Genealogy is mainly about the study of dead people.  There's a reason we spend most of our time hunting dead people - it's because we don't keep running into brick walls and being quoted the Data Protection Act all the time, for no matter where you are in the world, the details of the living are very well protected - working in the 19th century and earlier is just so much easier than trying to work in the present.  The East Kent Archives Centre in Dover hold the records of my grandmothers school from the 1920s/1930s, but they are closed to access until the 1st January 2064.  The archivist (in all seriousness) offered me an appointment for some sixty years hence.  Needless to say, I didn't take them up on their kind offer, but this is the kind of problems you run into when trying to find things out about people who were living in the twentieth century, even as far back as 60 or 70 years ago, let alone anything more recent!!!

People can choose to remove themselves from searchable lists like the phone directory and electoral rolls, and unless the person you are looking for has a very specific combination of names, your task will be very difficult.  There might be hundreds of plain "John Smith"'s for example, but how many "John Winston Smith"'s might there be?  In the case of women, you also have the added problem that they might have long since married and dropped their maiden name.  Whose to say she still even lives in Dublin or even Ireland?  This is the scale of the task you are trying to take on.

The one sensible suggestion so far - the Salvation Army - has received a 'thumbs down' for reasons that I can't even begin to fathom, as quite frankly, they ARE probably your best chance.  They have an excellent record in this field.  Other than that, you're limited to placing requests for help in the letters page of Dublin newspapers hoping that someone might recognise the name that you seek, or perhaps hoping that she is registered online somewhere like friendsreunited, myspace or facebook, in which case you might be able to find her that way.  But again, if all you know is that her name is "Mary Jones" for example, then you'll get dozens or even hundreds of hits of possible names, whereas "Ursula Wotherspoon" will be a lot easier to find in a standard search.  Even so, your chances of success are slim to none.  I just don't rate your chances.  It all depends on how badly you want it and how much time, effort and money you're prepared to throw into any search.  Otherwise, make yourself an account at myspace or just place a message on missingyou.net or somewhere similiar and hope that she comes looking for you.  Who knows, you may strike lucky.