While they were in the city, Roland's cousin contacted one of his professors at St. Louis University, the Rev. Raymond J. Bishop, SJ, who in turn spoke to the Rev. William S. Bowdern, an associate of College Church.

The cousin contacted an official he knew in a neighboring town, who called his counterpart in Mazamitla, who found a sister of the deceased on the local voting register.

The Lobranos notified the museum after Ms. Lobrano's cousin contacted the U.S.S. Constitution, the Navy warship on display in Boston, because he knew live oak was used to build that ship.

Her cousin would probably contact her again tonight, to find out if she had carried out his orders.

A woman who gave her name as Lily Shreave reported that a cousin named Dealey had contacted her by cellular phone to say he was stranded without provisions on an unknown island near the town of Everglades City.

She was identified after her cousin, who was concerned because she was missing, contacted the police on Sunday after seeing news reports about a body found in Brooklyn.

A cousin I've never met contacted me through my blog and wants to connect.

The cousins contacted for-sale-by-owner sellers in the local newspaper, about 25 of them, and offered a free listing on a Web site.