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Offline AmyUK

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Finding a living person in Sussex?
« on: Tuesday 25 October 05 12:22 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can help me locate a relative that the family have lost touch with.
I asked in the general forum if anyone could do a search on the 192 site and someone found my relative in the 2003 electoral role for West Sussex, i have looked for her on the BT website but can't find her (it is possible that she isn't registered with BT) is there anyother way that i can find out if she is still alive? Does anyone have a current phone/address directory for West Sussex that they can look for her in if i pm her last name and initial?

Amy
SUSSEX - Linscer, Lincer, Linser
EAST LONDON - Watts, Sale, Steel
STRATFORD UPON AVON - Sale
WESTMINSTER & WANDSWORTH- Powell, Bevis
WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE - Adams, Bangs, Petts
AYRSHIRE - Young, Armour, Buchanan, Murray

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 25 October 05 13:05 BST (UK) »
Amy,
Have you thought of sending in a letter ot the local newspaper to see if you can find her in the area you specify?
Claudia
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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 25 October 05 13:30 BST (UK) »

Amy if you are in the UK you can find all current telephone directories in your local Library - ours has them for the entire UK in the reference section.

Suey
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Sussex - Knapp. Nailard. Potten. Coleman. Pomfrey. Carter. Picknell
Greenwich/Woolwich. - Clowting. Davis. Kitts. Ferguson. Lowther. Carvalho. Pressman. Redknap. Argent.
Hertfordshire - Sturgeon. Bird. Rule. Claxton. Taylor. Braggins

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 25 October 05 16:48 BST (UK) »

Amy if you are in the UK you can find all current telephone directories in your local Library - ours has them for the entire UK in the reference section.

Suey

Thankyou for the information, i had no idea they held telephone directories, i was only there this morning.
I will have a look there tomorrow.

Amy
SUSSEX - Linscer, Lincer, Linser
EAST LONDON - Watts, Sale, Steel
STRATFORD UPON AVON - Sale
WESTMINSTER & WANDSWORTH- Powell, Bevis
WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE - Adams, Bangs, Petts
AYRSHIRE - Young, Armour, Buchanan, Murray


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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 25 October 05 16:51 BST (UK) »
Amy,
Have you thought of sending in a letter ot the local newspaper to see if you can find her in the area you specify?
Claudia

I hadn't thought of doing that, perhaps if i have no luck from the library and get no reply from the address in 2003 we have for her then i will give that a go.

Amy
SUSSEX - Linscer, Lincer, Linser
EAST LONDON - Watts, Sale, Steel
STRATFORD UPON AVON - Sale
WESTMINSTER & WANDSWORTH- Powell, Bevis
WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE - Adams, Bangs, Petts
AYRSHIRE - Young, Armour, Buchanan, Murray

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 27 October 05 11:14 BST (UK) »
You could try looknig to see if she is on www.friendsreunited.co
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 28 October 05 20:14 BST (UK) »
You could try looknig to see if she is on www.friendsreunited.co

Thankyou for the tip, i had already looked there and sent a few messages to some people with the same surname but nobody is a relative and her name isn't listed there.

amy
SUSSEX - Linscer, Lincer, Linser
EAST LONDON - Watts, Sale, Steel
STRATFORD UPON AVON - Sale
WESTMINSTER & WANDSWORTH- Powell, Bevis
WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE - Adams, Bangs, Petts
AYRSHIRE - Young, Armour, Buchanan, Murray

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 28 October 05 20:33 BST (UK) »
Hi Amy

you could try this site

http://www.b4u.co.uk/

('Find a Friend' box is at bottom of page)



she might not be on friendsreunited but have you tried GenesReunited?    www.GenesReunited.co.uk

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Warwickshire - ADKINS / KENNARD
Hertfordshire - BRADD / ROBLETT / THOROGOOD / WATSON
ABURN - BLANKS - BLOGG - BURGESS - FERRY - FREEMAN - GOODRICK - GOTTY -MEECH - MIDDLEDITCH -  RUSSELL - PLANT - THURSTON

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Re: Finding a living person in Sussex?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 29 October 05 18:26 BST (UK) »
I live in West Sussex and could look for you but all phone numbers are on www.bt.com if you have a town or postcode to search so they may be ex directory.  A current electoral roll?
Andrea