There comes a point in life when you want to find a person who was perhaps once your friend or a partner with whom you have lost contact. Or it could be someone whom you never met in real life or even met at all. It could be a person who helped you become successful or you real parents or even your sister or brother. The lesser you know about them, the harder it is to track them, but luckily we live in an age where information is freely available and where most people leave a trail online. Here are some ways which could help you find the person you were always looking for.
First step is to jot down what you know about the person like:
- The persons name (last, first, middle, married, maiden or even nicknames)
- Date of birth and age of the person.
- All the address you are aware of.
- Their school, college, past jobs etc.
- Their likes and dislikes as well as habits.
- anyone you know who could have met the same person like common friends or their neighbors etc.
- Anything that you remember about them, however unimportant something might seem, write it down anyway, you never know whats useful and whats not.
Look for the name:
Every time you can find a clue that can point to the person write it down. Put “quotation” marks around their name (each version of their name, nick name etc.) and search it up search engines such as google. The more the variations of the names you try and the more search engines you search on the higher the chances of finding more info on the person. If there is a possibility that the person has moved to another country, try the local search engine of that country, eg www.google.in or www.google.cn are googles local searches for India and China respectively.
If its a woman you are searching for she could have married someone and then changed her maiden name accordingly. Try looking on various social networking sites such as facebook , orkut or myspace etc.
Try searching on some people search engines. These allow you to find people freely. A good example is www.find-people-free-search.com which also happens to be a free service. You could stumble upon some very useful information using these.
Look up the persons phone number in search engines. If listed anywhere on Internet it will show up. Put the entire number in quotation marks to find exact matches. Try putting in periods, hyphens etc. which are commonly used to separate phone numbers.
Go and find the offices of organizations the person might have joined or had been associated with in the past. It could be their ex-church, a non profit company or even their old work place. Ask for the listing of their directory or at least check the persons name and the time they last showed up. Talk to their friends or work partners preset there. Ask them when was the last time they spoke with the person you are looking for and if they know where they moved to. Explain it to them why you are trying to find this person as they might be reluctant to give out details so as not to compromise on safety. Leave your phone number and name with these people just in case.
Post an advertisement. Print it in local newspapers or post online (example crageslist). Explain clearly why you are looking for them and also leave a number so people can get in touch with you. You could also make your own website using their name as a keyword. People tend to search their own names and if they do they could stumble across your site.
If all of the above fails look to hire a private investigator. You could just hire one right away if you do not have the time to tediously search around. Leaving it to a professional might also give you quicker results.
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