How to find a missing person?

Mrs_P_Pincher

England and Wales deaths are on Ancestry.co.uk from 1984 -2005, all indexed so all you need to put in is the name and date of birth and if he's not there he didn't die in England and Wales in that time.

Local libraries often have a subscription - if not I'm sure someone on here will have and will be prepared to do a look up for you.

Mrs P P

Mrs_Ryan

thanks again - everyone, Im looking into Traceline and have sent off for the info for the Salvation Army - will keep you posted. xx

Phyre_Faerie

Haven't seen this mentioned but try googling him. IE putting his name into google (both spellings) in quotation marks like this "john doe" If hes active online it is quite possible it will throw up a general location.For example if I google my name comments I've left on newspaper articles are thrown up which have a location. Obviously there will be many people with his name *but* you might see something that rings bells that you can investigate further.

Speaking as a former missing person you may find they don't want to know even if you do find him, so please be prepared for that. I had to come back in my own time but sometimes a gentle nudge is needed. You may even find he is trying to locate your family. Make sure there is plenty of oppotunity for him to get in touch. Create a facebook page for the dad and really explore the social networking sites. He may be in contact with old friends (I was). Find groups for his old school and post about him in those. Good luck in your search

Mrs_Ryan

thank you phyre faerie - thats very helpful. We are prepared for the possibility he may not want to be found - we really just want to know if he's still alive and anything after that will be a bonus.
Dont know about the old school - will have to get OH to help with that but it wasnt something we'd thought of! thanks for your help. xx

Errata

The Salvation Army tracing service will track down a close relative, will advise that he/she has been found but will not disclose the missing persons contact details without their permission.

marybakers

missing relatives - i am trying to find my 2 cousins from i think they stay in coventry,they must be about between 50 -60 yrs old now.if you know of mary and john murray brother and sister and their mothers name was margaret cooney,could you please get in touch with me as soon as possible.

SUESMITH_2

marybakers you will do better to start a new thread, this one is old and asks for general advice.