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Yes thanks got in touch with my old friend.. was difficult job as she had moved away from the area! Success at last.

Yes thanks got in touch with my old friend.. was difficult job as she had moved away from the area! Success at last.

aha, so you managed to contact 'her' - Mandy? So success in the end? Glad to hear! and hope you are feeling better.

Hi sorry for not answering... have not been well and couldnt answer. In response to the query about her sister and parents... i had tried the numbers i had to no avail as they werent at the addresses any more and i was waiting to back from a relative i contacted, but in the meanwhile was ill so wasnt online a while... I did acrually get a reply from this relative and managed to contact her so thank you all for your help, appreciated. Again sorry I couldnt reply properly but really wasnt well at all. I had responded to the private messages but didnt think about replying on the main thread so sorry for this.

Ti we still don't know what you mean, every time you say something.

Question was had you checked out phone contacts for sister.

You say yes you have tried. What does that mean?

You were unable to contact the sister?
(if so, someone might be able to help find her)

You contacted the person but it was not her sister?

You contacted her sister and she did not know where Mandy is?

Same with writing to the parents. We don't know what you did and what the result was.

People need to know these things in order to know whether a particular line of inquiry might be worth following further (e.g. if you could not find the sister)

Just reading the posts and the questions and answering them directly is wise!

I suggested you might be able to contact other mutual old school friends who might know about Mandy. You said nothing in reply ...

yes have tried contacts ta. Seems she has moved away and married I found a realtive who said she got married but dont know the name, must have been post 2005 as no record.

Ti did you check out phone contacts relating to each of the possible marriages in
1997 Durham for Shirley J Miller , Mandy`s sister .

one suggestion, you must remember other people the two of you went to school with

If any of them have names less common than Mandy's, you might find it easier to locate some of them. If they stayed put while you moved away, someone might at least know whether she married and to whom.


when you say re the possible contact info for her sister
'thanks have tried these already to no avail'
does that mean this was not the right person or you got no reply?


I have an old friend I lost track of when she married at the age of 16 while I stayed in school. I would love to know how her life has been since then. Her name is much more unusual than your Mandys' - in fact there is only one other person born with her name in the GRO index since 1837! exactly a generation older, in another part of England, so no chance of confusion.

I have found all the records of her and her family, and for her up to and including her marriage (unfortunately to a man with a much more common name) and birth of two children right after the marriage. That was nearly 50 years ago. I cannot find a trace of her since! Parents deceased, two much older sisters I also can't find ...

But you prompted me to look some more, and I may see her daughter's marriage. Wish me luck!

Is the ANY other avenue I can look at? Bar giving up lol !

Thanks, I know, its not an easy job

Just looking on the bt phonebook may not find them

Not everyone has a bt line and may also be ex directory

Just ringing someone out of the blue isn't recommended too

Have you actually written to the parents?

Rose

Anyone else got a suggestion as all the above I have tried??

thanks have tried these already to no avail1

Sent two possible marriages in 1997 Durham for sister Shirley Jane and 2017 ER
address and phone number in Kendal for one of them .

hi ive had a couple of messages, one for an addres in chichester and one for possible parents address, to no avail, is there anything else i can try? Thanks

Anyone any other ideas?

hi kath, thanks , sent you a message back.

Will send a private message with possible address for her parents.

Kath. x

hi sorry i reposted under a different title as thought this might get more general advice? Sorry if not meant to do this...