many of you have successfully tracked down old classmates etc. by searching the Internet? I searched for a friend that I knew in School for about six years. Eventually I found someone who fit the description with the same name . . . But it was not the same person. About a year after that I discovered that he had died of a brain embolism in 2004. I remember in School, he had a pretty serious accident when a car hit him while he was riding his bicycle, and I kind of wonder if it was a contributing factor.
I looked up another person I knew when I was in the Navy, but was pretty disappointed with what I found, I'll not get into it to much other than say that he had let a lot of people down, younger people, not that he was exploiting any, just that he was not doing what he should have been doing as a social worker.
The third person I looked up also had died, was a good friend, and I was once again very disappointed.
The fourth one I found, he is somewhat religious, so we did exchange some memories and photos, and he is still around.
Now I think I have found another person who I knew when he was an exchange student from Sweden. Time will tell.
I have found the address of another, but so far no contact information. Am getting pretty good at this though. One of the things you can remember that helps is that people really do not change that much, outside of aging. Their interests, mannerisms, sometimes even hair style does not change. The most difficult search though is when they have a common first and last name, that makes it very difficult.