The Virtual Library

Finding People

People-finding Services

Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA)
Includes directory of professional researchers who abide by the association's code of conduct. Most of these researchers work on family history but some also work on researching records relating to living people.
http://www.agra.org.uk

British Red Cross
The British Red Cross can assist people wishing to trace family members around the world, if family contact was lost due to the war or political situation.
http://www.redcross.org.uk/ index.asp?id=238

International Centre for Missing and Exploited children
A multilingual site featuring photographs of and information about missing children from around the world to help reunite missing children with their families
http://www.icmec.org

Look4them
A gateway to the sites of several organisations involved with finding people including some that help find people overseas
http://www.look4them.org.uk/

National Missing Persons Helpline
A charity that advises and supports missing people and those who are left behind.
http://www.missingpersons.org/

Salvation Army's Family Tracing Service
The Salvation Army Family Tracing Service exists to try to restore (or to sustain) family relationships, by locating relatives who for various reasons have become out of touch
http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/ uki/ FamilyTracing

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