Have You Ever Googled An Old Love?

[pastafreak]

Ok...so you've gone done memory lane via smows thread below. Have you ever looked up an old BF/GF, husband or wife.
I discovered a few years ago that my first husband died back in 1992...the same year I lost my mum and sister. I just googled the name of my first BF, and it looks like he died rather young...just 33.
My second husband lives a few miles from me...I've googled him just to see what he was doing career wise.

[AuntPollyGrey]

But if you google the name of a acquaintance , without a photo, it could be someone else with the same name. It amazes me however obscure a name is there are often tens of people with the same name.

[retrocop]

Yes. I was told an old girlfriend of mine was to be found on Friends United by another old mate. I wrote to her and suggested a meet as she lived in East Grinstead which was about a 40 minute drive.She wrote back it was not possible as she was in the last days of terminal cancer.I heard no more.

[pastafreak]

Oh goodness retro, that's rather sad.
APG...I'm making the assumption we know or have a memory of the person's birth date and place of birth...or possibly have an idea of their eventual career choice.

[gness]

Just the one, Pasta and he was as gorgeous all these years later as when we dated.......sickening!.... ;-)

[barry1010]

That way lies madness. To be avoided at all costs.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Just as a matter of interest where can you look someone up using their DOB/POB? Genuinely interested as I'm searching for someone at the moment and drawing blanks.

[rockyracoon]

APG - have you tried Ancestry. They do a 30 day free trial

[rockyracoon]

Sorry. I think I misinterpreted your question.

[rockyracoon]

I've never googled their names, but I have searched for them on Facebook.

[AuntPollyGrey]

rocky, I'm not sure if that would work. I'm looking for any records to do with someone who died in 2005, even an obituary. We had an apprentice years ago a lovely lad, great work ethic and fun to be around. I'd always though he'd just gone his own way after finishing his apprenticeship -perhaps gone abroad, but someone who knew him told me last year he'd died in 2005, he would have only been around 30 and I want to check if there are any records.

[rowanwitch]

Found a few, one dead, one had remarried, my first husband has a wind surfing school in the Canaries, .... Old friends have been more interesting

[rockyracoon]

That's sad APG. It's horrible when you don't know, isn't it.

[Helewel]

Apg. Have you tried FreeBMD?

[-SharonA-]

Yes, i've googled him!! Lives other side of London to me. Thank Christ!

[jennyjoan]

I facebooked the love of my life. His photo comes up as his children and grandchildren. He married a really nice girl and am glad he married her cos I know I would have resented rearing somebody else's children. He was a widower with 2 children aged 3 and 5. He also had the nick of the dick so I would not have been able to have my own.

[Prudie]

I only have 7 old loves - 2 died young, 2 I'm still in touch with, I I live with now, 1 I googled and couldn't find and one I refuse to ever look for as he ripped me to shreds emotionally and I don't want to know what he's up to now.

[Barmaid]

Yes. His name cropped up on the local FB group so I looked him up. Curiosity got the better of me and I messaged him (hadn't had contact for 28 years).

Last year I married him.

[pastafreak]

A happy ending, BM

[jennyjoan]

oh that's great BM.

[CrapAtCryptics]

I sad to find that my last love before I got married committed suicide, supposedly as she was scared her dementia was progressing to fast.