Genealogy Chat

I've been trying to find living people who may be able to tell me about my grandfather's later years. I identified some people I believe are related to his last wife but the trail goes cold after a birth in 1966. As i can't find any further mention of any of 4 children, I'm guessing the family emigrated. Are there any modern records to check?

Migration records cease at 1960

Typical. I'll just have to find another angle to get there. Thanks Jacqueline

in the 1960s a popular destination for emigration was Australia ... other possibilities are Canada, the US and South Africa

for Australia you could try searching here

http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

for death notices for the older generation especially

Also Ancestry has electoral rolls for Australia and Canada to 1980 ... if you don't subscribe you can do a free search to start

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2983 for Canada
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207 for Australia

(when you check the images you can see who else with the same surname was in the household)

and if you think something might be worth pursuing but can't see the details, someone here will check

(if you prefer not to name names on the board then by private message - I would volunteer but will finally be going to sleep soon and will be out much of tomorrow so you can post here if you do find something and ask for someone to do it for you privately)

The Australian national archives hold files for immigration – not sure what the cut off date is.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx
Click Record Search which then opens in a new tab
Click Name Search in the green tabs
Enter the surname
Select Immigration and Naturalisation from the drop down list
Then Search
If there are too many results, you can ‘refine this search result'.

Although it’s unlikely you’d be able to read the associated documents, the names and dob should enable you to identify the family…if listed.
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Familysearch has a collection called
United States Public Records, 1970-2009

They will frequently show dob and the names of associated adults.
http://tiny.cc/629h1x

Thank you so much. They did go to Oz! Haven't found a death so hopefully I'll be able to make contact :D

Good-o :-D

Do you have access to Ancestry? They hold Australian ER for selected years to 1980. If we can identify where they went, ther is a better chance of locating them.
If you don't post your grandfather's name and the first names of his wife, year of immigration and we may be able to find them

Its probably be mentioned earlier in the thead, Ryerson Index is a list of transcribed death and probate notices. http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

The 'Ask a Librarian' service for the relevant State/Territory will find and tell you the details. The email links can be found on an internet search.

If it turns out that the older generation has died, it might be possible to track down the place of internment or cremation. Although they won't give you contact details, they may tell you who organised it.

Come to think of it, the Ask a Librarian service could possible tell you where they were living after the last ER year shown on Ancestry.

The on-line phone book for Australia is
http://www.whitepages.com.au/index.jsp?referrer=serp

Its best to start off with the last known State.