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Web Based Registries
Registries are membership based web sites designed to help people reunite. They range from school and workplace registries, through to adoption and missing persons registries. Some registries are offered as a free service, whilst others have fees for joining or making contact with others.
Registers can be effective for finding people if you know the school/s they attended. Even if the person themselves has not registered, you may be able to locate contact details for someone they were/are friends with, and they may provide you with further information. Registries with a specific focus, such as Military or Adoption, can also be very useful when relevant.
Maiden name features in school based registries can provide current surnames for married females. Once you have a persons current name, your search may become a lot simpler.
People Search maintains the people finder registry as a free service to all Australians, and those seeking people in Australia. This is a unique style registry as it is open to public viewing and search engines. Visit the People Finder Register.
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Australian Registries often require that you become a member before being able to browse or search the registry. Required membership details include items such as what schools you attended, and this information will become publicly available to other registry members. The advantage of this is that it ensures a huge number of members, as those even remotely curious are forced to register before they can look. The disadvantage is that people do falsify their information so as not to have their own details become public. As with anywhere you need to register your personal details, be sure to check their privacy policy (a statement of what they do/do not do with your personal details), as the last thing you need is to start receiving spam due to signing up.
Registeries that charge fees normally ensure that no information that may be used to contact another is published. This means that whilst you may find someone, you also have no direct means of contacting them until you pay. Before forking over your hard earned, ensure you check all the free registries. A person that enters their details once, may have done so again on another site, especially after they also learnt about no pay/no contact policies. Also be sure to read what the person you are seeking has written about themselves. People commonly state the area in which they now live, occupation, and some even go so far as to drop clues as to how you can contact them through other means.
Updated: 28th June, 2005
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