Finding an Address

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I'm trying to find an old school friend as a surprise for my DP. Proving difficult as my DP has no contact / details of any other school friends and exhausted all the usual social media avenues. I'm not planning on stalking them(!) rather just contact them, a letter perhaps, and provide my/DP's own contact details and social media links and ask them to make contact. Any and all suggestions welcome, TIA X

Does your school have anyone who deals with alumni? Or is there an alumnus association?

sometimes, it’s just an enthusiast from a class who sets up a fb page. Check any and all abbreviations your school may have or have had. Our fb page starts Class of …. Is there a fb page for the town? History/lost/memories of … ? … Reflects is one of our fb pages around here. Join one of those and then you can ask questions.

Do you know what this person in particular was wanting to do? Is there an association, fb page, newsletter?

Looking for an alumni page for the school is a good idea. You may even want to contact the school and ask if they have an existing means for alumni to communicate. I know my school has a Facebook group for alumni (it’s private, I don’t think you could easily just find it) and people regularly ask if anyone has heard from a particular person who they otherwise haven’t been able to trace and who isn’t on social media. People may also know if, for example, a person has passed away or moved abroad, which might explain why they are hard to find.

That said, I think though if you’re able to find this person’s details, I would give them to your DP to make contact. I’m just thinking about myself, but if a school friend who I hadn’t talked to in years, had their partner get in touch with me, I might be a bit freaked out and think it could be a scam. If anything, hopefully if the friend really does want to be in touch, they’d be happy to hear from your DP knowing he reached out first.