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Finding an old friend - how?
My mother is trying to track down an old friend who she hasn't seen for a while yet who has moved home to another house in the same town (asking the occupants of his old house as to his new location didn't get anywhere).
The only information that she has is as follows:
a) His first and last name
b) The town where he last resided
c) The name of his former employer (who he only left a few weeks ago yet who won't give out any personal info for obvious reasons)
d) Where his parents live (London!) but no first names of his parents
e) The fact that he recently went to America on holiday (my mother has spoken to his ex-colleagues who are all saying that he hasn't gone on holiday there but to live there, which my mother finds really strange).
There is nothing illicit or 'stalker-ish' about this, it's just my mother trying to get in touch with a friend - the fact that he hasn't recently been in touch with my mother greatly worries her and she is really concerned that something bad has happened to him.
I've tried a few online 'people search' sites (such as 192.com) but no luck - tried googling his name, etc, etc.
Can anyone advise please? This would greatly help my mother as it's worrying her silly.
Thanks.
The only information that she has is as follows:
a) His first and last name
b) The town where he last resided
c) The name of his former employer (who he only left a few weeks ago yet who won't give out any personal info for obvious reasons)
d) Where his parents live (London!) but no first names of his parents
e) The fact that he recently went to America on holiday (my mother has spoken to his ex-colleagues who are all saying that he hasn't gone on holiday there but to live there, which my mother finds really strange).
There is nothing illicit or 'stalker-ish' about this, it's just my mother trying to get in touch with a friend - the fact that he hasn't recently been in touch with my mother greatly worries her and she is really concerned that something bad has happened to him.
I've tried a few online 'people search' sites (such as 192.com) but no luck - tried googling his name, etc, etc.
Can anyone advise please? This would greatly help my mother as it's worrying her silly.
Thanks.
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This might be the situation with the new people in the house too. I would be surprised if they don't have any forwarding details - although if the friend moved years ago they might have thrown away the scrap of paper with the info on. But they might be prepared to pass on a message.
Your mum could put an ad in the local paper or even ask them to run a little story about how she is searching for her old friend. Difficult though, it could draw attention to the friend that he wouldn't want.
send a letter to his old address. If he is still in the UK he may have that thing set up with Royal Mail where they can automatically forward for 6 months. Or the new people may be forwarding but just wary or giving out info to your mother
might take a while