Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend

Subject: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: okthen
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:01 AM

I'm trying to find a Quaker friend of 30 years ago, tho' we have not met for 10 years we would still like to say hello,his name is Tim Thompson. Tim is/was? married to Friedl who was older than him and German, we heard some time ago that she had not been well. They used to have a house in mid Wales but think they sold it and we have no idea where they are now. They used to be in contact with us but we have not heard for some while and are a bit concerned. We would be grateful for any information. cheers bill & sheelagh

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: CapriUni
Date: 16 May 02 - 03:16 PM

Sorry, I can't help you in your search, except maybe to refresh this a bit...

And I could help thinking punningly of the thread title (the official name for the Quaker religion is the "Society of Friends")

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 02 - 03:32 PM

Why on earth are you asking this here?

Anyway, a better place to look might be at the UK Quaker Homepage

They have a noticeboard click here but it doesn't seem to be updated very often.

Anyway, there are a load of contact emails etc on the site. Might be somewhere to start?

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: okthen
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:29 PM

Thanks guest, that's exactly what I was looking for, I had previously done a google search and not found anything suitable.I had also PM'd a mudcat member I know to be a member of the society of friends and he had suggested I start a thread.Anyway, all's well that ends well, and I hope I'll be successful in contacting my old friend.

Cheers all

bill

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: Llanfair
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:44 PM

If you get stuck, PM me. If you know which area they are in, I can try the phone book.

cheers, Bron.

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:49 PM

You're welcome, okthen

Hope you find who you are looking for.

There are of course other ways of tracing people, using electoral rolls etc. and doing a bit of homemade detective work.

Let us now how you get on. If you have no sucess, post again and I'll do my best to give you some alternative strategies.

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: Penny S.
Date: 16 May 02 - 05:56 PM

There's a site called 192.com, which allows free searches for phone and electoral roll information, where it isn't ex-directory. It's not complete, as some people are not on it, and the free searches need you to confine your search to one county at a time, but it might help.

Penny

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: okthen
Date: 16 May 02 - 06:01 PM

Thanks again guest, and Bron, not had much luck with the website but will try again tomorrow. Too late tonight.

cheers

bill

Subject: RE: Help: UK Quakers, looking for an old friend
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 17 May 02 - 03:03 PM

Bill,

Trying to trace him through Friends House may be difficult if he has moved monthly meeting a couple of times. If you can recall the area of Wales he was in I can probably identify the Clerk of his former meeting who will have a record if he requested a membership move. (Yep even we Quakers are bogged down in bureaucracy :) ) This might put you on his trail

AWM