Anne:
You ask for suggestions. A few things come to mind. There are several
volunteer lookup sites on the net that might assist you in the following
areas.
(1) Most universities have alumini associations. You indicate Mike was a
student; if you know the univeristy he was attending and if he graduated,
you might write to the alumni association. He might get lucky and the alumni
association might have the current address for Mike.
He might also try the student records department at the university; they
should have information as to where Mike graduated from highschool, that
would give you the state and town. Of course there is a privacy thing about
release of information from univeristy records; so Joseph Sinclair would
probably have to make the query.
(2) If Joseph Sinclair knows where his father and mother married, he might
want to obtain a copy of their marriage record (these are usually maintained
at the county courthouse in the state in which they married). States differ
in what informatoin they keep on marriage records but the marriage record
might give clues as to where his father was from.
(3) If you have the marriage date, then search for a wedding announcement
in the local newspaper of the town where they married; or search the local
newspaper of the hometown of Rosalie. If there was one, perhaps it willl
provide the name of the town/state where he was from; it might also give the
names of his parents.
(4) If Mike and Rosalie divorced, he might want to get a copy of the divorce
papers to glean information from those about his father.
(5) Does Joseph Sinclair have a copy of his birth certificate. Again,
states differ on what information is provided on the birth record. However,
often it will give the state where the father was born along with the age.
With that inforamtion one can do further searching.
Hope this helps some.
Liz Freeman In OK, USA!
His father was Michael Casner - known as Mike - who he believes was
from
Pennsylvania. Joe was born on 18th May 1970, but lost contact with his
father at 2yrs old. His mother name - who was married to Michael was
Rosalie York. As you can imagine, Joseph would love to hear from or meet
his father. Michael Casner was a student in Washington State at the time
Joseph was born. Michael's mother may or may not have been Jewish. >Michael
would have been in his early/mid-twenties when Joseph was born >50's now?).