How do I find an old friend in the UK? Help!
 

I need to track down and old friend and business partner of mine. I know he was working in London and then moved to the Wimbledon area, but I have no phone number and he is not responding to all known email and IM addresses.

He's not the kind of guy who would just ignore or delete my messages....

SO - is there a good way to find someone with only their name and the city, who probably only has a cellphone these days?

Help!?

Thansk...
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Well, I doubt it. Try whois'ing his domains to get an address?

you can try a site called 192.com which searches the electoral register and phone directories amongst other things, probably won't have cell phone numbers though only landlines.

Long shot, but maybe try facebook if he happens to be relatively young.

Thanks guys... I'll try a couple of these ideas.... and probably wind up calling his former employer in London and see what I can dig up.

What a pain in the ass. Fucking recluse. ;)

If you have an idea where he went to school, a lot of people signed up at friendsreunited.co.uk. If he is on there you can pay the small yearly fee and contact him through there.

You might be able to use the Electoral roll for the UK which gives you thier address if they have registerd to vote

Tried all the social networks and 192.com - no luck. (192.com has a shitty payment/registration system man!) He went to school in the US and moved about 3 or 4 years ago.

Looks like his former employer maybe my only hope of reaching this guy.

Yeah, 192.com says they have his wife's name in teh electoral DB but their system is so fucked up I can't even get registered and pay for the data. Is there some free access to the electoral roll somewhere?!

I dont know what any of these are like to use and they all charge you

http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/

http://www.ukroll.com/

I will do a search over here in the UK and see what I can find

Here is a free one http://www.ukpeoplefinder.com/

thanks man! ukpeoplefinder isn't coming up with anything, so I tried tracesmart
http://www.tracesmart.co.uk/consumer/
and their cc engine actually worked.

I got 1 address that is 2 years old for him, and 3 addresses under his wife's name, as recently as 2007 electoral roll!

Unfortunately no phone numbers, so I guess I'll just fedex his ass at all 3 addresses and see what happens.

Thanks! :thumbsup

By the way the minimum purchase was about $5 US for 5 search credits, but the system is pretty damned impressive. Definitely recommended.

have you tried facebook?

NP sorry I cant find anything else unless you try the local council which is

http://www.merton.gov.uk/index.htm it covers Wimbledon

I dont know if that would be any help to you

You could also try the uk yellow pages if you have the last address you might be able to find his wifes telephone number on it

yeah, and all the other social networks... no luck.

I got the most likely addresses now, but no phone.

Thanks!

No luck, but thanks!

Do you mean an actual printed book!?! :)

Or is there a website?

there is a website, yell.co.uk if i am not mistaken.
How old is the guy? Just out of interest.

yep Yell is one of them there are also two others which can be found here

http://www.yellowpagesworld.com/uk.htm