How to find someone just using their first name??

helen81_2

Hi,
Im trying to help out a mate,she wants to track down an old friend but can't remember his sirname. She knows his 1st name and the town he lived in (maybe still lives there?!) Is it possible?

Thanks, Helen x

TheWaltons_3

Tell her to go find a Needle in a Haystack first.... for practice

helen81_2

lol

She says that if there was a site that could bring up a list of people living in that town with that name she would reconise the street name and his sirname instantly..she knows he has 2 little girls also.

Helen x

morg_monster

has she tried friends reunited (if they went to school together or she knows where he went to school) alternatively facebook if she knows any of his friends' or acquaintances' full names.

If she'd recognise the street name and its not a huge city - why not brwose over a map online to see if anything jumps out.

TheWaltons_3

Does she know anything other than the first name?

helen81_2

No, she can't remember his sirname and she didn't go to school with him so don't know where he went to school. Told her I doubt im gonna have alot of luck!

Helen x

Voyager2002

She could write to a local paper and appeal for information.

Nicki

How did she know him, and does he have interests which might help? Eg if he playend a sport she could search on the internet for the town plus the sport plus the christian name and follow up clues. Otherwise do they have mutual friends about whom she knows more that she could track down and see if they were still in touch? Finally how about looking at a map of the town and identifying the street, then using a search engine to pull up names of people living on the street to see if that helps

lil_me

Have you tried Friend Reunited if you know somewhere they worked, age, where they went to school, streets they lived on etc etc .

ukbandit

as lil_me said, friendsreunited also do streets and workplaces...so thats a good start.

*niptuckfan*

bebo is now a big craze I would suggest looking to see if they have one, search with name age and town, look on other peoples in that town to see if they have them named as a friend