I am trying to trace the whereabouts of someone (male)- I don't know much more than his name, year - 1959 and quarter of birth, and the London Borough in which he was born.
I think I'd check the 1984+ death records to rule that out, first. It doesn't rule out an earlier death or an extremely recent one, but it does eliminate a chunk of that particular risk.
After that, it's electoral roles, telephone directories...and such like to home in on some possibles.
Christine
Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
I think that's roughly what my approach was to try to find the (estranged) son of my mother's late cousin, shortly after his death. In the end, I had a couple of possible names, but then realised that the estrangement may mean that he wouldn't have wanted to know, anyway.
Christine
Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
It is obviously also worth Googling, looking at the London Gazette. Another source, if he might have been the director of a company is Companies House. Ican't remember whether you still can search for directors there, but they give details of dob and address.
Phoenix - with charred feathers Researching Skillings from Norfolk, Sworn from Salisbury and Adams in Malborough, Devon.
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