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I am originally from Canada many years ago and I was wondering, if I am looking for someone, what is the best way? I am not a facebook user, but my wife does in a limited way. She wasn't sure when I asked her if she would put in a name in the search box would facebook include Canada in the search. I am not sure if people in Canada are on facebook or the internet like the USA people are, because I put in a childhood buddy I knew and nothing came up when I searched the internet or facebook. You would think guys would pop up on the internet because they are not likely to have changed their name. I am thinking he could have passed away, maybe not as we are not that old, but at least someone with the same last name, eg. wife, would still be around and a computer/facebook user.

UPDATE I just put a search on the internet and I got a bunch of people with the same name on facebook for this person. Now what do I do? I feel like saying on the facebook "I am looking for Jane Doe, does any of you people with her name happen to be the person I used to know?", but what do I do?

 
Yep, lots on facebook here but I think some of us have become too leary, leery, o'leary. I can't

find any of my old people either. I have better luck on google.

What city was this mystery person from?

 
We used to live in Burnaby, so they were my childhood friends from homes on the street.

 
Thanks, I got a couple of address and will mail out letters to each person.

Only 1 address for each person showed up so we will see what happens in a few weeks. I am still going to look into Facebook and will try that as well.
Thanks

 
I think the Facebook is set up.

Well one result out of two helps, not as much as I hoped but perhaps the snail mail will produce something.

 
The really reliable route is obits. Unfortunately. May be good news if you don't find something. The

newspapers of the region, even the Vancouver Sun, since people would likely move around in the Vancouver area, are open to visitors to the obit sections.

I tend to start with obits. Local smaller newspapers also feature little events about people, so in that respect, general broad googling is very helpful. University alumni magazines online. I love a challenge.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burnabynow/

 
Facebook is a pretty amazing way to get connected. Our DSIL found a brother he

had not connected with in decades by finding the man's son (same name) and posting to him.
It can be as simple as posting to a person's wall and asking if they are from ______ in your case. That makes it less "threatening" than naming names until you get a "hit".

 
Since setting up my FB account I am being asked to post a pic. of myself to be reactivated

 
I would start with G**gle...

Enter:

their name as complete as you know it, town, Providence, and age or approx. using commas between each. see what comes up and narrow down/change or delete according. It might pull phonebook records links and such you can click and look around. Some will want money, but don’t do that until you’ve exhausted all other options. Also, check name, city, obituary or marriage. Ditto what Marg said. Also, you might call the librarian in that city – they are often super sleuths.

Good luck!

 
I appreciate your help and suggestion and if I hadn't mentioned it before, thanks to everyone.

 
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