How to find a school friend

CRANKY40

I have ancestry membership if you want to send me her name and birth year. I will look and see if I can find a marriage, but if she has a common name it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. The area where she was born and the area she moved to would probably help too.

candlelight_2013

Why not post a note on RootsChat.com, my Husband has done this several times, and you would be amazed how quickly someone responds. Just give as much information as you have.

You have to register first but it is entirely free.

Hope that helps

Candlelight x

Grumpelstiltskin

Roots Chat will not allow you to look for living people.

74jax

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

You should be able to find it but one thing you need to remember is that births can be registered up to 6 weeks later so you can be born in June and your birth registered in July which is a different quarter ( birth registrations are shown in quarters )


Also on FreeBMD don't put too much information in search, less is more, although if you were born John Smith expect loads of hits.

I looked into their faq and our area isn't online yet

candlelight_2013

Oh dear I am sorry, I didn't realise. Needless to say Husband is discovering family tree.

My apologies.

Candlelight x

hazyjo

Google her name in quotes (eg "Jane Doe"). That will only bring up exact matches (if you're not aware of that already).

Also click on google images after looking on the web.

My ex used to date someone when at Uni. She was trying to find him and wrote to his parents' house (30 years later nearly!). They still lived there and passed the letter on. No harm in trying that route! Most of my friends' parents still live in the same house as when I knew them at school!

Jx

barbarawright

This leaflet has some useful ideas

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/electreg/traceliv/tracinglivingpeople.pdf

Abbafan1972

mgdavid wrote: »

bmd claims to be 100% on births for my birth year yet doesn't find me. Make of that what you will...

I couldn't find myself either.

74jax

Cranky40 was wonderful and looked up info for me. I now have her parents and siblings full names (prior to marriage). I can't find married name as they moved just over the border to Scotland and apparently I need anothe site for that. However I wrote to her old house today and will email our old school this evening.

Thank you everyone for spurring me on

Grumpelstiltskin

Yes Scotland is different, this is the website you need but I don't know what you will find or if they charge.


http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?403