Finding People Abroad

In this week’s letter I will look at how to find people when they are living in another country.

My skills are in finding people in the UK. My tools are mostly for searching in the UK as well. It is also where I do most of my work.

However, if I am asked to find someone elsewhere, I would contact one of my colleagues (usually a fellow member of one of my trade groups) in that other country and they would carry out the search for me. We divide the fee earned between us. It would certainly be cheaper than paying me to go abroad to carry out a search! Also, many countries require their investigators to be registered and licensed in the country in question.

If you are looking for someone in another country you could try an International Phone Service like IX Quick at http://us.ixquick.com/eng/phone.html

Internet searches can be international too. So do give Google a try. While you are about it, you could post on one of the many missing persons sites including the free Blood-Ties forum at http://www.blood-ties.com/findforum/index.php

Then it may be worth doing a search of the many blogs being created daily at http://www.technorati.com/

I would also suggest that you take a look on the online communities like http://www.myspace.com/

If you are lucky enough to be looking someone in the United States of America then you should have no trouble finding them, as there are many services available that you can contact on the Internet and pay for with your credit card. The United States has open access to people search information, and many companies buy the data, and then sell it on to members of the public or to investigative services.

Remember, that if you cannot find the person you're looking for abroad, then perhaps you should be looking for their friends and family in this country, who may then be able to put you in touch with the person you are looking for.

Good luck!

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The above article contributed by:
Giles and Louise
info@blood-ties.com

Their message:
"I run a people finding service called Blood-Ties Tracing Service, which you can find at http://www.blood-ties.com/. I should be happy to help you in your searches".

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