FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Ancestry tracing
Class reunions
Person search abroad
Adoption
And here are the answers - have you got any further questions ?
Certainly, we are always ready to answer your questions on telephone or through correspondence. Just don't hesitate to contact us.
The person's first- and lastname must be known as well as some further hint-point (add.information) like, e.g., the former address, the school he/she attended, etc. After all, the full name can be found out from the family members of the person in question.^
Liebe - Menschen - Wiederfinden offers no services connected with the localization of missing ones, nor heirs, debtors or prisoners.^
Yes, Liebe-Menschen-Wiederfinden investigates the past up to the great-grandfathers' level.^
Yes, before the actual start of the search we can obtain the class-list.^
Yes, in the majority of cases we manage to localize the person even on hand of outdated information.^
Predominantly it is.^
Yes, though the related expenses are higher.^
Yes, if your father's name is mentioned in the birth certificate.^
Yes. Then you must look through your adoption certificate at the Child Adoption Authority (usually it is the childcare authority of your birth-place). Sometimes the service of finding your biological mother via the authority is free-of-charge. However, even if the adoption certificate is unavailable, Liebe-Menschen-Wiederfinden can undertake a search attempt on account that the first- and lastname of the person in question are known.^
In accordance with the statements of § 1758 BGB ( prohibition of trace investigation) searchwork for an adopted child is forbidden. In this case the board in charge of adoption at the Child Adoption Authority can contact the adopter-family and inform them of your wish. So please, address yourself to the authority that fulfilled the formalities of the adoption procedure.^
During one-person-search it happens through Liebe-Menschen-Wiederfinden. We notify the wanted person of the fact of his/her being looked for, our client's name and make clear that the person agrees to maintain the contact. All through this procedure it is your interests that we represent.^
If you wish, we can also redirect on your behalf a letter of yours onto the person you want to contact.^
It is possible, though such cases are usually quite a rare exception as well as a bitter disappointment for both sides: one can't eventually establish the contact one's been longing for, whereas we cannot but regard the completion of the task as successful though it is in fact rather a failure (because all the hopes fall flat). But please to take into consideration that our preliminary explanation of all the possible intricacies of your case can spare you the unnecessary disappointment. Maybe the right time for your attempt has not simply come yet. But no matter what result - we can always forward your letter to the person in question hoping that the second chance turns up fruitful. And of course, we promise to ask the person to contact Liebe-Menschen-Wiederfinden some time later in order to arrange via the agency a connection with you. ^
In this case the result of the searchwork performed by Liebe-Menschen-Wiederfinden is interpreted as successful. All relevant data concerning the case - as to the date and place of death etc. - will be directed to you. Whenever possible and with your consent, we can mediate during the aarangement of a contact between you and the person's remaining relatives.^
No, only if the person's current address is available. Then you can yourself surprise him/her with an unexpected invitation to a class-reunion..^
This is not necessary. Wouldn't it better remain a surprise ?^
It is usually rather difficult to name any definite terms in advance. The period of data retrieval process may vary from a couple of days up to a whole contract-year. But on hand of our previous experience we can more or less exactly gauge that the amount and the recentness of the initially provided information correspond proportionately to the duration of the searchwork. In case the person has emigrated abroad, the time-aspect will be accordingly prolonged.^
If the wanted person is found, we inform him/her already with the first contact-attempt about the identity of our client, i.e. the one who's been looking for him/her. As the matter stands, he/she can also decide, whether he/she wishes to carry on with the communication-arrangement. Apart from that, during searchwork through an authority it is also sometimes necessary that the name of the search-initiator be conveyed. However, the authority staff is bound to professional discretion. ^
Yes, the legally-acknowledged present-day data security regulations are observed by our agency.^