Search Lost Relatives! How To Rapidly And Effectively Discover Those You Have Not Contacted For A Long Time

by Chris on February 15, 2010


Search Lost Relatives..

Lately my wife's sister got inquisitive concerning what had happened to her first husband after they got separated. That marriage had ended badly and they hadn't been in contact for just about thirty years. She tried looking for her ex-husband's name on Google and Yahoo but didn't get any hits. Knowing I do research online in my work as a qualified writer, she asked if I could detect anything.

I write for business and technical newspapers, hence I use several high-priced databases for in-depth investigation. However I recommended she try a simpler option - a way out I use myself when I want to find somebody quickly and easily. I suggested she try one of the people search database services. Even the superior ones charge so little, they're practically free. Most offer a trial period. I gave her the name of one to try.

She was unsure. She's not very comfortable using her computer for much more than email. Her try at the search engines had already left her upset. Now she was going to have to "sign up for something and learn something completely new... oh my goodness," was the way she put it.

Yet, later the same day I recommended it, she emailed back impatiently. In a few minutes, she'd found out all sorts of information regarding her ex. It turned out that he'd done something of a turnaround after they'd split. Their separation resulted from fights over his serious drinking problem. After they got separated, though, he'd ultimately gone back to med school, gotten his MD and become an orthopedic doctor. He'd even been instrumental in developing some kind of device utilized by other doctors in his field.

Unluckily, the poor fellow had passed, but at least my sister-in-law found console in making out that things had worked out for him inspite of everything. She remarked that even if their relationship ended in the most awful imaginable way, it had started from a good point. She said she hadn't actually wanted to contact him. She just wanted to know what had happened to him.

At times all we wish for is only to satisfy our curiosity regarding what happened to somebody we've lost track of. Many of us have an old pal or acquaintance we still wonder about.

A Better Way to Find People

I suspect that's what makes individuals searching so hot. As many as half a million times a month, somebody searches on Google alone, searching for a way to find a lost person. Whether it's somebody from the past with whom we've lost contact, or someone we met last weekend and desire to see again, were always searching for others.

Unfortunately, many general searches fail. Just like Googling failed for my sister-in-law. The information is out there, somewhere. But being compelled to sift through so many unrelated results makes it almost impossible.

By the way - most searchers are not familiar with this - search engine results don't really extend beyond about a thousand entries. Even when the search engine results page says they found millions and millions of hits, they don't really bother to dig it up and give you access to all of it. They're actually only estimating from their own database tables. Even they understand it's a waste of time.

When You Choose a Private Search Service, Here's What to Seek

If you decide to try out a private search database, here are the things I've found important to consider during a review

Free vs. Paid

I've been dissatisfied by the free services. Their major concern seems to be to try and get you to click on some of the pay-per-click advertisements they're presenting.

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