Genealogy Chat

my name is annette crouch maiden name andrew im 27 years old i know i have a half brother i have seen babby pics when i was younger i dont know his name all i know is hes between 26 and 19 his fathers name was william thomas andrew born 1961 how do i go about finding out about him please help

Have you any idea of where his father would be living? Bev x

no i dont even know if hes still alive last i herd my dad was in prison but i know he was in brighton sussex when he was arrested and i think so is my half brother i could walk past him every day and not know it

do you have a surname,or surname and forename?

Do you have any idea of your half brother's mother's name? If you do you could look through the birth indexes for a male Andrew with mother's maiden name the same as hers. If you don't know it then it could be very difficult. You would have to go through every male born with the surname Andrew for the 5 or 6 years when you think he was born, and without even a place of birth for him, I don't know how you would know which was the right one. Is there no one in the family, like a grandparent, who would have this information? Kath. x

If what you have written is truly all that you know..........there is only one way to find him. It will cost credits on 1837 It will involve trawling 192 And a few phone calls. A bit of educated guessing and elimination is probably necessary along the way.

the only family member alive who could tell me has had a stroke his first name could be alan but not sure i have no idea who his mother is i only found out through a friend he was looking for my dad but i didnt know where he was and now ive asked questions she dont talk to me

at least 28 credits needed on 1837,to check 4 quarters of each of the seven year period,for the surname andrews,recording all males born in the south east. That will provide the basis of your search

Do you know if your father was married to the mother of your half brother? I've just realised that if he wasn't, then there is no way of you finding his birth by looking through the GRO birth indexes, as he would have been registered with his mother's name, and as you don't know what that was, you won't be able to look up his birth. Kath. x

You're right Derek. Instead of saying he WOULD have been registered with his mother's surname, I should have said COULD have been. Kath. x