Tracing My Father

[trixie_dar]

I am trying to trace my father. Probably he will have died as I am in my 60's.
He was tall and had red hair. I believe he worked with the forrestry commision near Glen Trool in 1950 OR Lambden, near Greenlaw. Both places border regions of Scotland. His first name was Arnold. His second name I am very unsure of, but sounded like Cobber. I really need to find out if I have syblings or relations. It came as a great shock to me to find out the man I knew as my father was not. If anyone can help me I would be so delighted. I do not want to intrude on another family if they did not want to know me. I however would very much like to know where I belong and what Arnold was like.

Thanks to anyone who responds.

[tonyav]

trixie, if I were you I'd repost your question in Genealogy I think you would probably get a better response in there. Best of luck with your search, trixie.
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/History/Genealogy/

[soapnumpty]

Do you have any idea when he was born or where? Do you know if he married? That would help with a search. Is there anyone alive that would know more & you could speak to such as aunts/uncles? I have access to some genealogy sites so will try to help. I wish you luck

[soapnumpty]

Just had a quick look on Ancestry.co.uk at births in the UK & Ireland. There is no Arnold Cobber or anything coming up as sounding like Cobber born 1915-1935. I took a guess at his birth date based on your age. The closest seems to be an Arnold Looper born 1911 in Warrington.

[trixie_dar]

THANK YOU ALL . I HAVE TRIED EVERYWHERE I CAN THINK. NO RELATIVES ALIVE WHO CAN HELP ME. I WILL TRY AGAIN ON THE SITES YOU SUGGESTED. gbType Your Answer Here...

[soapnumpty]

Sorry i wasn't much help. Have you tried ringing the Forestry Commission to see if they can help? they might be prepared to look back through staff records. I wish you well.

[Ouzel]

I've just had a look at Scotland's People and the nearest it can find is :

Arnold COOPER born 1918 in Arbroath and
James Arnold COOPER born 1920 in Dundee