| Want to find information about someone lost in | | | | girl in High School? You can search them out and see |
| space and time? The Internet's here: Just make your | | | | their current marital status, and then if all looks good |
| search one that doesn't invade someone's | | | | you can try and rekindle that old flame.There are |
| privacy.Can you remember a friend or relative's name | | | | even sites that help you find out information about |
| that has disappeared from the Earth? You haven't | | | | your own ancestors. You can get more insight into |
| had contact with them in decades, but now you | | | | why you are the way you are after reading |
| want to find out where they are so you can get in | | | | newspaper articles centuries old about the exploits of |
| touch. In the old days this would have been nearly | | | | your bloodlines. Maybe you'll come across the name in |
| impossible, but now things are different. There are | | | | a family tree of a relative you didn't even know |
| many different ways to find people lost in 'space and | | | | existed. They might even live just around the |
| time' on the Internet. Some are free and some cost, | | | | corner!Just hit 'finding people' on your search engine |
| but the amount of personal information you can find | | | | and the quest begins. You can search your own |
| about any individual in the world is astounding.Besides | | | | name through Detective type agencies and see just |
| the simple International White Pages web sites, there | | | | how much information about yourself is out there. |
| are many companies that are masters of locating | | | | These agencies pride themselves on finding hard |
| personal information. Say you used to live overseas | | | | information like your 'silent' phone number! I guess |
| when you were a child and you want to see how | | | | these guys could be going a little too far. For |
| your best friends from primary school are doing in | | | | example, one site invites you to search out |
| their lives. You can find out their address, email, and | | | | background information on the person you're just |
| phone number, even about their personal history, like | | | | about to start dating. What ever happened to |
| whether or not they've got a criminal record! Some | | | | judging someone on his or her actions? How about |
| might perceive this as an invasion of privacy, like 'Big | | | | innocent until proven guilty? Sounds like there might |
| Brother' in the book '1984', but if one's intentions are | | | | be a little too much paranoia going around.If used for |
| true and positive, I think this can be great for finding | | | | positive means I believe these 'people finders' can be |
| buddies, loved ones, and relatives.Say you met a | | | | a great help to humanity. I just think we have to be |
| really nice person on your travels but you lost their | | | | careful about getting a bit to intrusive on our |
| address, as long as you've got their name there's no | | | | neighbors. It's none of my business if they've been |
| reason their existence has to become only a | | | | divorced or been to jail. |
| memory. How about that old crush you had on that | | | | |