The Salvation Army
Overseas Enquiry Department, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN
Tel: 0207 367 4747 or 0845 684 4747
Web: www.salvationarmy.org.uk
- Tracing relatives UK / overseas
- Contact may have been lost recently or long ago
- Loss of contact may be due to family breakdown, divorce, emigration, separation as children, etc.
- Will try to trace natural parents only if they were married
- There is a registration fee, but no enquiry is refused only because the enquirer cannot pay
- Enquiries accepted only by post
International Social Services (ISS)
Cranmer House, 39 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DD
Tel: 0207 735 8941
ISS is a professional social work agency, which has a department specilaising in tracing relatives in other countries. They are able to help in the following situations:
- Where there has been adoption and a search is needed to find the birth parents.
- Where the child was brought up by one parent only and is now (as an adult) seeking to re-establish contact with the other parent. Similarly they are able to help where the parent has lost contact with a child.
- Where there has been disruption in the family leading to separation or divorce.
ISS are not able to trace friends, nor assist in cases where maintenance is the prime concern. There is a charge for the service.
There are several other sources of information on looking for someone at:
www.look4them.org (a group of 8 different organisations who specialise in the field of tracing and reuniting families)
Are you looking for someone in the UK?
National Missing Persons Helpline
Missing Persons Helpline: 0500 700 700
Message Home Helpline: 0800 700 740
Runaway Helpline: 0808 800 7070
Tel: 020 8392 4545
Web: www.missingpersons.org
- Helps to find missing people
- Supports family and friends of missing people
- Provides a helpline for relatives of missing people
- Provides a Freefone confidential helpline on which people who have run away can leave a message
The Salvation Army Social Services
101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN
Tel: 0207 367 4747
Web: www.salvationarmy.org.uk
- Tracing relatives UK/overseas
- Contact may have been lost recently or long ago
- Loss of contact may be due to family breakdown, divorce, emigration, separation as children, etc.
- Will try to trace natural parents only if they were married
- There is a registration fee, but no enquiry is refused only because the enquirer cannot pay
- Enquiries accepted only by post
Traceline
PO Box 106, Southport PR8 82WA
Tel: 0151 471 4811
Fax: 01704 563 354
- NHS records
- May help re-establish contact between family or friends of the same sex only who have lost touch
- Records cover England and Wales
- May forward a letter to the sought person
- Request application form
- Provide full details of sought person, including your relationship to them and how contact was lost
- Charges / fees are applicable
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