Searching for living people has its own challenges but is easier than searching for dead ancestors thanks to online resources. When searching for living people you can perform simple searches on search engines like Google using keywords about the individual like their name, city, or employer which may provide initial results. Directories like WhitePages can also help narrow searches by potentially providing a phone number or address. Sites like classmates.com and Facebook groups are great for finding old schoolmates or friends through alumni associations and shared group memberships. Don't forget to explore association directories and genealogy websites which may provide clues through hobbies, interests or family connections to help locate living individuals.

1. What is
“Searching for Living People?”

2. While performing family tree or genealogy
searches, you may find yourself searching for a
living relative. Or you may just want to find a long
lost classmate, military friend, or perhaps even a
childhood crush. Searching for living people has
its own challenges and obstacles, but the process
is also different from searching for dead
ancestors.

3. Finding Living People
Thanks to the internet, searching for living people is
much easier than it used to be even 10 or 15 years ago.
Each year, thousands of people are successful at
locating living folk. Most of the time, a search for a
living person occurs in order to find a relative. Whether
it is to find a close missing relative, such as siblings
separated at a young age, or trying to find a cousin
twice-removed, knowing your relatives and building a
family tree can be quite satisfying.

4. Resources for Searching
for Living People
When you search for living people, you have many more
resources available to you. If you are building a family
tree, a search for a dead relative can be difficult and time-
consuming while you try to determine last place of
residence and piece together other far removed relatives.
Older vital records, such as birth certificates and marriage
bonds, are more difficult to locate and
verify. However, with many online resources, even
searching for ancestors can be less difficult than if you had
to travel from state to state and agency to agency looking
for copies of vital records.

5. Living people have the benefit of being connected
online having records published on the internet.
You can perform a simple search engine query
such as Google or Yahoo! for your
individual, using keywords that you know, such as
the name, city, employer, etc. A Google search
may turn up plenty of results to get you started
on pinning down a living person.

6. Also, if you do know the location of the
person, you can use online directories, such as
www.whitepages.com.Ordexknows.whitepage
s.com.
These directories may be able to narrow down
your search and even provide a phone number
or address.

7. Another great resource for finding lost
schoolmates is through alumni
associations, such as www.classmates.com, or
even on www.facebook.com. Facebook
provides a number of high school groups, as
well as other group associations, that may be
useful for you to find an old friend.

8. In searching for your living person, you may have
other clues that can help your search, such as
hobbies or associations the person was involved
with. You might start looking for possible
associations through an association directory such
ashttp://www.asaecenter.org/Directories/Associa
tionSearch.cfm. Here you can enter keywords
such as “accounting” or “musician” and find
potential associations for your person search.

9. And don’t forget to look at the host of
genealogy websites available that may be
useful in finding living people. With the
technology available in the 21st century, you
can easily search and find living people from
the comfort of your own couch. Happy
hunting!

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