Find My Family: Restoring Family Links

Have you been separated from family by war, disaster or migration? Red Cross might be able to help you.

Australian Red Cross is part of the global Restoring Family Links network. 

We can help:

• find a family member missing as a result of war, disaster or migration through family tracing

• send a message to a relative where there is no formal means of communication 

• check the welfare of a relative overseas whom you are unable to reach due to illness or other circumstances 

• by providing you with a confirmation of detention if the International Committee of the Red Cross visited you in detention overseas.

Our service is free of charge and confidential.

Red Cross cannot accept requests when there is not enough information to conduct a search, when it is for genealogical research or relates to legal matters like wills and child custody.

See how other organisations might be able to help you:

Family tracing

• Salvation Army Family Tracing Service 
• VANISH - a Victorian Government funded service 
• International Social Service (Australian Branch)

Missing persons

• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
• National Missing Persons Coordination Centre

Genealogical searches

• State Trustees Limited 
• Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family history and tracing

• National Link-up phone 1800 624 332 (toll free)
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

General information

• Births, Deaths and Marriages offices in Australia
• White Pages Australia 
• Telephone Interpreting Service phone 131 450