[Yeah, it wasn't a difficult guess to make. He shakes his head.] I'm afraid not. It's September, 1980. You're not the only one this has happened to, there's been many reports of confused people showing up from the past or future. No one knows what's happened to cause it, but the Ministry claims to be working to fix it.

[Well that's an interesting choice of word there, Remus, they "claim" to be... Clearly he has the utmost faith in their ability to achieve results.] I'm very sorry, but the people you want to contact more than likely don't work there anymore. [Wizards may tend to live longer than muggles (barring unnatural causes of death), but it's very likely they've retired if nothing else.]