Phillipine Treasure

[Bruce R]

I just learned that my father was married and divorced in Cavite City, Phillipine Islands sometime between 1942 and1951. Not earth shattering news in and of itself, but I also learned that he had a son ! So, if he’s still alive, I have a half brother somewhere in the Phillipines !

 

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[Honest Samuel]

Best of luck in finding him.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I have had e-mails alerting me to at least 12 uncles I never knew I had who died in Nigerian bus accidents or airplane crashes.

Nigeria must be a dangerous place!

 

[Bruce R]

I have had e-mails alerting me to at least 12 uncles I never knew I had who died in Nigerian bus accidents or airplane crashes.

Nigeria must be a dangerous place!

Lol, Now I gotta figure out how to search for him. I tried looking for birth, death , marriage and divorce records for the province of Cavite, but no luck yet.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Lol, Now I gotta figure out how to search for him. I tried looking for birth, death , marriage and divorce records for the province of Cavite, but no luck yet.

So, we figure that for now you've only used on-line sources in your search?

Have you dug into the Philippine government resources on-line, found maybe some contact info?

 

[Bruce R]

I’m looking at the govt. sites but havnt found anything yet as far as records go, I was even trying to look up tax records. Im pretty sure a friend of my fathers , Dr. Benjamin Velasco, would have info, but I haven’t had any luck finding him either. I thought I’d email one of the Govt. offices but apparently the only electronic way to contact them is through something called webmail. I found it and tried to get it but it wouldn’t download to my ipad.

 

[against the wind]

How did you learn that your dad was married in the Philippines? Who gave you that information and how did they get it?

 

[Bruce R]

It was always family knowledge that he was married during the war, but I only recently learned from my mom that there was a child. I managed to get out an email to a government info office in Cavite, Now I’m waiting for a response.