Need Help--What site do you use to look up old classmates? - The DIS Discussion Forums

dzneelvr · 10-27-2009, 06:35 PM

A bunch of us will soon be celebrating our 30th anniversary

of college graduation

and would like to look up some of the names from the pictures we're sorting through. I don't want to randomly try searches and get on any funky websites and no, I'm not on Facebook

Do you have any safe, free, sites we can use to look up addresses? Thanks!

CharityLynn · 10-27-2009, 06:37 PM

You could try Classmates.com the best thing I found was myspace/facebook though. Zabasearch has a ton of info but it is like the white pages of a teklephone book and not necassarly up to date.

AKL_Megs · 10-27-2009, 06:40 PM

I've had really good luck with FB, I know you didn't want to hear that...

I've found all of my old friends, and some I wish I hadn't found...

MushyMushy · 10-27-2009, 06:42 PM

Sorry, it was FB for me too.

I graduated with a fairly small class (150 maybe) and I've found almost everyone there. The ones I haven't found, I have found relatives!

powellrj · 10-27-2009, 09:05 PM

I have to add another vote for facebook. My class got a better response this year to celebrate our 50th birthdays together than we ever have had for a reunion. They used facebook to find everyone!

Jeanne B · 10-27-2009, 09:36 PM

I've been one of a small handful of suckers who volunteers to plan our class reunion every 5 years

(we all attempted to step down during the last reunion but I think we're lifers, LOL).

Anyway, another one here to give you the answer you didn't want to hear!! We always used classmates in the past but it's definitely FB for now on, many of our classmates are on there, there's already been talk about our 25th and more and more of our classmates are slowly getting on to FB so I think our 25th reunion will be the most successful reunion so far in part thanks to FB because everyone knows about it.

And even with FB you can look up your college and search classmates by graduation year (assuming they listed the college in their profile).

SC Minnie · 10-28-2009, 08:29 AM

Sorry but Facebook is the way to go.

SydneyFalco · 10-28-2009, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SC Minnie

Sorry but Facebook is the way to go.

Yeah, for the five minutes I actively maintained a facebook page I was swamped with High School contacts bugging me. And I was about the most reclusive kid in the school. And it was twenty years ago.

LoraJ · 10-28-2009, 09:29 AM

classmates.com isn't free for all features.

And I too have been reunited with more people through Facebook. It's safe, it's free.

HelenePA · 10-28-2009, 09:50 AM

Facebook is the way to go. I guess you could try MySpace too.

dzneelvr · 10-28-2009, 05:27 PM

Thanks SO much! We'll try FB since some of my other friends have it. I think it will be a hoot

especially the pictures

10-27-2009, 06:35 PM	#1
dzneelvr A Disney Dolly Doesn't mind if her gnomes kick the bucket after a year! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NW Illinois Posts: 3,017	Need Help--What site do you use to look up old classmates? A bunch of us will soon be celebrating our 30th anniversary of college graduation and would like to look up some of the names from the pictures we're sorting through. I don't want to randomly try searches and get on any funky websites and no, I'm not on Facebook Do you have any safe, free, sites we can use to look up addresses? Thanks!

10-27-2009, 06:37 PM	#2
CharityLynn DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,936	You could try Classmates.com the best thing I found was myspace/facebook though. Zabasearch has a ton of info but it is like the white pages of a teklephone book and not necassarly up to date. __________________ Boardwalk Studio 10/04Yacht Club 10/05 BoardWalk Villas 10/06 BeachClub Villas 10/07 Had to cancel our 2009 trip [url='http://www.mickeypath.com/']

10-27-2009, 06:40 PM	#3
AKL_Megs I'd Rather Be At AKL!!! I feel exposed if I'm not covered Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Livonia, MI Posts: 2,743	I've had really good luck with FB, I know you didn't want to hear that... I've found all of my old friends, and some I wish I hadn't found... __________________ -DH -Me

10-27-2009, 06:42 PM	#4
MushyMushy Marseeya Here! Drama Magnet I only make exceptions for chocolate Mickey heads I'm a big pie freak I'll always laugh myself silly over the flag pole incident. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 938 miles from the Happiest Place on Earth Posts: 16,500	Sorry, it was FB for me too. I graduated with a fairly small class (150 maybe) and I've found almost everyone there. The ones I haven't found, I have found relatives! __________________

10-27-2009, 09:05 PM	#5
powellrj I am wide awake and on the dis boards My db and I usually fight over the turkey bones It was so bad, it was funny Note to self, never make anyone suffer with thirst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 11,976	I have to add another vote for facebook. My class got a better response this year to celebrate our 50th birthdays together than we ever have had for a reunion. They used facebook to find everyone! __________________

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10-27-2009, 09:36 PM	#6
Jeanne B DIS Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 3,119	I've been one of a small handful of suckers who volunteers to plan our class reunion every 5 years (we all attempted to step down during the last reunion but I think we're lifers, LOL). Anyway, another one here to give you the answer you didn't want to hear!! We always used classmates in the past but it's definitely FB for now on, many of our classmates are on there, there's already been talk about our 25th and more and more of our classmates are slowly getting on to FB so I think our 25th reunion will be the most successful reunion so far in part thanks to FB because everyone knows about it. And even with FB you can look up your college and search classmates by graduation year (assuming they listed the college in their profile). __________________ WDW Offsite Feb-1989 (first trip to WDW with college girlfriends) WDW Offsite Oct-1991 WDW ASMo Sep-00 WDW Offsite Sep-01 ~ Sep-02 ~ Oct-03 ~ May-04 Norwegian Sun Jan-05 (first cruise) WDW Disney Coronado Springs Resort/Pop Century May-05 WDW Offsite/Disney Wonder Oct-05 WDW Offsite May-06 St Thomas/St John, USVI June-06 Disney Wonder/Caribbean Beach Resort Nov-06 California/Arizona June-07 RCI Navigator 12/8/07 Carnival Valor 3/2/08 St Thomas/St John, USVI 11/29/08 Belize 4/17/09 Upcoming: WDW Offsite 11/6/09 ~ Carnival Destiny 3/8/10

10-28-2009, 08:29 AM	#7
SC Minnie Are we there yet??? Buying toilet paper is like flushing money down the toilet. The folded over ones are the absolute best!!! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Fort Mill SC, VWL, and HHI Posts: 7,328	Sorry but Facebook is the way to go. __________________

10-28-2009, 09:29 AM	#9
LoraJ I need a vacation! Wanted to bid on Bare Naked Ladies?!?! The Tag Fairy is Shocked! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 9,630	classmates.com isn't free for all features. And I too have been reunited with more people through Facebook. It's safe, it's free. __________________ 1976 - Contemporary ~~ 3/90 - Offsite ~~ 5/91 - Offsite ~~ 12/97 - Offsite ~~ 9/98 - Disneyland ~~ 8/99 - Disneyland ~~ 9/01 - All-Star Music ~~ 9/04 - Caribbean Beach ~~ 4/05 - Coronado Springs ~~ 10/06 Wilderness Lodge ~~ 10/08 Beach Club Villas ~*~ 9/09 Yacht Club Live Dining Reviews 9/28 - 10/4

10-28-2009, 09:50 AM	#10
HelenePA I could use a cupcake now I'm a tetris addict! I have a secret obsession with turkeys Yep I am Cat Stupid Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NE PA Posts: 7,288	Facebook is the way to go. I guess you could try MySpace too. __________________ 9 7 4 1

10-28-2009, 05:27 PM	#11
dzneelvr A Disney Dolly Doesn't mind if her gnomes kick the bucket after a year! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NW Illinois Posts: 3,017	Thanks SO much! We'll try FB since some of my other friends have it. I think it will be a hootespecially the pictures

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