Urgent!!! Please help?

Question

Need info on Wilbur Austin born 26 Aug 1921 and died 6 March 2006. Would like to know his parents name.thanks

Answer 1

Curt, I have found more info on Mihaly Gere. He was in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan in the 1930 census. He and his wife Helen, and three children, Joseph, Michel, and Helen. The three children were listed as born in Pennsylvania, and he and Helen in Hungary. He immigrated in 1905, arrived in New York on April 7 aboard the Pennsylvania out of Bremen. Many Hungarians left Europe from Bremen or Trieste. He was an operator in a machine shop and they lived at 865 *looks like* Harbrough.



Actually, I have found a Wilbur E Austin in the 1930 census, it doesn't list the month of birth, but he is in the town of Center, Chatham County, North Carolina. He is living with his parents, Arthur and Blanche, and siblings, Nettie, James, George and Marie. All are listed as being born in North Carolina, and Arthur's occupation is listed as farmer.



Hope this helps some!

Answer 2

Curt, some friendly tips.. being new to anything is always a challenge. Years back, I moderated a genealogy how-to list (for new researchers), and it was a great place to learn some of the basics.

Many persons doing heavy research sub to numerous "lists" like an online magazine, and get 50-100 emails per day. The ones that get read the soonest, are often the ones that have good subject lines that describe briefly what they need ie death record from Dallas, land records in the 1600's, etc. etc. IN addition.. people use search engines 4 or 5 yrs down the road to find old messages, that have good value. EVERYONE doing research is hoping for help.. the goal is to explain what help it is that you need.

NOT to sound preachy, ok? Imagine finding records pre internet. You spent money to buy certificates; you spent hours at the library, hand cranking microfilms to look through census records, you bought bug spray and climbed through weeds at abandoned cemeteries. Climbed rickety chairs to pull heavy deed books off the shelf at the courthouse. You bartered with cousins for what they knew (if you had no info to "share", you reimbursed them, since you knew what it cost them to get what they had).

I am truly glad I did those things... because among other things, I KNOW how much is out there, and not online to be looked up. I truly feel sorry for those who say they have looked everywhere online, and there is no way to find where grandpa is buried. Because, they will give up, never knowing all they had to do was drive an hour or so, and walk through the cemetery. Or call the mortuary. And it REALLY does bother me, when people miss out on the satisfaction of solving the "unsolvable".

This is not meant to be hostile, at all. Use what is coming in, at the same time as knowing where the info is coming from.

Answer 3

It's not urgent. He's deceased and not going anywhere. You didn't give any geography, btw. Standard research applies: send for a genealogy copy of the death certificate and perhaps more importantly, the Social Security application which he filled out himself. Death certs often have errors in birthplaces and parents' names.



Perhaps you could save time, effort & fees by asking his family or next of kin or even the funeral home for the cost of a phone call or postage (don't forget the SASE return envelope).



Since you can view him on 1930 census with his parents and family for your records, you're now into historical resources that you can research for yourself as well. For instance access to census is a necessity for your research whether you rent access or someone else does for your use at the library, or whatever you can get through your nearest LDS family history center.

Answer 4

Hello Curt,

I have found this Wilbur E Austin, born 1921 died 9th March 2006 in Newport News ? Newport, News City , Virginia, ssdi 223-14-8210 let me Know if that's the right one please. If not I'll search again.

Answer 5

Try finding his newspaper obituary, or ordering his death certificate. If his death certificate does not name his parents, it may at least name his place of birth. Then you'll need to contact the office (city, county or state) who holds birth records for 1921. They might do searches if you provide them with the birth date. Good luck!

Answer 6

I found his obituary from the Newport News Daily Press. But it's more than a year old, so you'll have to pay the $2.95 to retrieve it from Legacy.com, unless you have access to the local library. Here's the link to it:

https://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=ObitFinderOrder&PersonID=17019771

Answer 7

If you know where he lived and figure out what country, then go to the county courthouse and get death records. Or go to the newspaper there and search the obituaries. If you can find out the funeral home-they should have it too.

Answer 8

Your relative will be dead for the rest of your life. You have a lifetime to work on your genealogy. So this is NOT urgent.

Answer 9

go do this yourslef.



you know there's such a thing as encyclopedia and google and lot's more.