| Do you ever get the urge to find someone from your | | | | give an exact search and be more accurate than not |
| past? I was thinking about Sue from high school a few | | | | to use quotation marks. Someone did come up, but it |
| weeks ago. We used to play guitar and flute together | | | | wasn't the same Susan as their age and pictures |
| in high school plus spend a lot of time talking about life | | | | were totally dissimilar. Foiled again. I also tried facebook |
| and philosophical questions. I had no idea how to find | | | | and myspace which are good resources. My friend |
| her except to type in her dad's name in an online | | | | has always been unconventional and likes to stay |
| phone directory. I knew he'd be around eighty five and | | | | invisible so I couldn't find her there. But social |
| saw nothing listed. | | | | networking sites may be right for your own contacts. |
| I've always been a bit of a detective. I love to try to | | | | There are some online services to check for missing |
| locate things people have trouble finding. For instance, | | | | people and lost friends. Some are free and will show if |
| my cousin misplaced his wireless card. I was | | | | the person is listed in database though you won't get |
| determined to hunt it down. It turned out to be in the | | | | contact info usually unless you pay a bit. Try to really |
| mud room in an overnight bag's side compartment | | | | brainstorm on the person's birthday as this can be a |
| (he's sixteen and just put it in with his sleep over gear | | | | very helpful clue to locate them. If they were in your |
| because he had no laptop case). There's something | | | | grade it would probably be the same year as your or |
| wonderful about finding something you thought was | | | | off by one year. Also write down their address that |
| missing. But in the case of a friendship this goes even | | | | you recall as well as any job history, if you've had |
| deeper. | | | | contact since high school. |
| I tried first to see if my high school had an alumni | | | | I was in a rush as I was going to California for a |
| section on their website. They didn't though this is a | | | | workshop and the last I had heard was that my friend |
| good tool to turn to first since some high schools have | | | | was going to grad school in California. I wanted to find |
| this database in place. Many colleges have this function | | | | out something so I did pay a small fee for an online |
| so if you are after a lost college friend, try going to the | | | | service to receive the information. If I wasn't in a rush, I |
| university website and look in the alumni section. Some | | | | probably would've continued to play sleuth and keep |
| schools may charge you to join the alumni group in | | | | seeking things out via search engines, free |
| order to access certain info. | | | | associations etc to track her down. I am doing that |
| Another way that I know can work is to contact | | | | with another person from 11th grade that I am not in a |
| mutual friends from high school. However, in this case, I | | | | super rush to find. |
| had no idea where our third friend lived and once again | | | | Don't forget an old friend as you can find classmate |
| her parents' home was no longer listed in our home | | | | from the past. By the way we got in touch and she is |
| town phone book. Still, this could be a way to find | | | | still as amazing as I remember her. She shared some |
| classmate from the past that could work if there | | | | insights about my family that were helpful too in sorting |
| parents still lived in area. | | | | out certain patterns I am trying to get beyond. Friends |
| I put my friend's name in quotes in Google as this can | | | | can have insight into your family and your past. |