Finding People

A-Z How to Find Information > Family and Local History

• This guide outlines some of the main sources you can use to help you look for family and old friends
• If you need further explanation about anything in this guide or if there is something you need that is not covered here, you can contact us for information
• The web sites mentioned are in the Finding people section or at the Family history section of WebLinks
• If you wish, you can print all the sections

Contents

• What do you know already?
• Adoption
• Electoral registers online
• Printed electoral registers
• Telephone directories
• Internet general search engines and people-finding search engines
• Reunion and Social Networking sites
• Non-commercial people-finding services
• Newspapers
• Might the person you are looking for have married?
• Might the person you are looking for have died?
• Do you wish to pay a professional researcher, commercial organisation or private investigator?

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Page last updated: 25th Novenber 2013