There are many ways that you can do in finding people you have lost touch with; here is a list that includes pretty much every way we can think of to find someone you have lost touch with.
- See if they are on Facebook
- See if their friends are on Facebook
- See if any of their family are on Facebook
- See if they are on Friends Reunited
- Try a Google search for them, put their name in quotations when you do
- See if they have a Twitter account
- How about trying a BT Direct Enquiries search, you might get their phone number
- Have you tried Bebo
- What about MySpace
- You should have a look to see if they have an account on LinkedIn
- Do they have a blog
- Check Whois, do they own a website?
- Have you been to the local council offices and looked at the Electoral Register
- Have you tried your local library
- Try asking other friends of the person if they know where they are
- Try a search to locate the persons family, do you know where their parents live
- What about trying a previous employer
- Try an Electoral Roll Search
- Try an historical electoral roll search
- If you think they own a house try a Land Registry search
- If you think they live abroad try a White Pages search
- Look at 123people.co.uk
- Have a look at Pipl
- Try Companies House, maybe they are a company director
- Check other versions of their name, maybe they spell it slightly different
- Search for their partner, they may be easier to trace
- Try a People Finder UK search
- Try neighbours at their previous address, maybe they know where they went
- Try other people with the same surname, maybe they are relations
- Did they play any sports, could you contact the team they played for
- Did they have any unusual Hobbies
- If they did maybe they are on websites connected with these Hobbies
- Try birth records
- Try Death records, sad but if they are old you should consider it
- Try marriage records, maybe your old girlfriend found true love
- National Archives have some fantastic search tools
- Ancestry is the shizzle when it comes to family tree research
- Put messages out looking for the person,
- Try people search blogs
- Try people search sites
- Could they be in the Military
- Have you looked at MSN groups
- Try Yahoo
- What about dexonline
- 192.com
- Try a reverse charges phone call
- Try anywho.com
- What about a Lycos People Search
- Check out FinderMonkey.co.uk
- If they are in business try Ziggs
- Look at the local paper listings and stories
- Maybe it’s not them you are looking for, maybe you are looking for love
- If you are try online dating
- If you know they live locally get out and about, you might just bump into them
- Try Peoplesearch-uk.co.uk
- Try Missing.co.uk if the person is missing rather than just lost
- In Scotland? Try ScotlandsPeople.gov
- Pick up the phone book
- Have a look at FreeIndex
- Blog search engines
- Have a look into Zaba
- Write a blog about them, promote it in the local area online
- If you desperate you could start a website
- Tweet about the person you are looking for
- Try a Search Engine reverse search
Good luck finding ways to find people you have lost touch with