In addition the couple did not contact relatives after the sinking.

Sheriff's department went back through months' worth of missing-persons reports, contacting relatives.

The three asked to contact deceased relatives that did not exist.

My mother contacted relatives and we scraped together enough money to pay people to get me out of the country to be safe.

One obvious way to find such a person is to contact relatives, friends or associates.

They've got limited phone service available for contacting relatives, and he hasn't used any of his authorized calls yet.

Put a notice in the papers, then contact his close friends and relatives.

Medical service personnel on site normally do not have the time to contact relatives.

The most common usage is for finding and contacting deceased relatives or loved ones.

It has established a tracing agency - a sort of post office - so that those who survived can try to contact relatives.