<div>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I watched that show (The Locator) it does not go thru the steps of research, but provides tips along the way. Yes, the "young" son of the Locator, did a name search on Facebook, which you could do on Twitter and Myspace.com as well. If you have Aol, you can search the Aol member list. I recently just used whitepages.com and was able to narrow the search, because I knew previous addresses and wrote a couple of letters and found my person. <br> Shelley<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div id="sig9398" style="clear: both;"><font>"know your roots, they are long and strong", SMurphy</font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Jane Pearson <doumajk@gmail.com><br> To: APG Public List <apgpubliclist@apgen.org><br> Sent: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 3:43 pm<br> Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Genealogical vs. Non-genealogical Locator<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_3_17302987-894d-48a9-b013-83690630728b"> This makes me curious --<br> I recently got cable tv and have wasted too much time watching all sorts of stuff.  Just saw a show called The Locator - anyone familiar with this?  From the couple cases I saw, some seemed incredibly easy (the daughter was on Facebook) and some were real sob stories.<br> I don't do 20th century searches, really. Does anyone who does heir searching have any comment on this show?  At a quick view it looks like an abridged version of the process of research, kind of like History Detectives.   Probably will not show all the dead ends.<br> J<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Bonnie Kohler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kohlerbj@bellsouth.net">kohlerbj@bellsouth.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> In regard to searching for the living, several years ago, when I was first<br> learning how to research, I posted a message to a message board in search of<br> a friend from elementary school. (I wouldn't use the boards for that now.) I<br> didn't get a reply.<br> <br> A few years later, a law firm in Austria saw my post and contacted me. They<br> were looking for descendants of my friend's deceased mother. By then my<br> search skills had advanced to the point where I could tell them where to<br> find the obituary for the mother. As a result, my friend and her sibling<br> received an inheritance.<br> <br> Bonnie Dunphy Kohler<br> APG member, Florida<br> <div class="im"><br> ----- Original Message -----<br> From: "Valerie A. Metzler" <<a href="mailto:vmah@keyconn.net">vmah@keyconn.net</a>><br> To: <<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</a>><br> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:25 PM<br> Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Genealogical vs. Non-genealogical<br> <br> <br> </div> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5">> I, too, have found missing persons including an old girlfriend.<br> > ................................<br> > Valerie A. Metzler, M. A., C. A.<br> > Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian<br> > 114 Ruskin Drive<br> > Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602<br> > 814 932 1740<br> > fax 940 0493<br> > <a href="mailto:vmah@keyconn.net">vmah@keyconn.net</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > APG Public Mailing List<br> > <a target="_blank" href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> APG Public Mailing List<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> <br> </div>  <div id="AOLMsgPart_4_17302987-894d-48a9-b013-83690630728b" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>_______________________________________________<br> APG Public Mailing List<br> <a href="http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/" target="_blank">http://apgen.org/publications/publiclist/</a><br> </tt></pre> </div>