Tracesmart Reunites Father and Daughter on BBC's Missing Live
Released
on: May 22, 2008, 1:35 am
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Release Author: Tracesmart
LTD
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Release Summary: Tracesmart's specialist people tracer Louise
Hewlett brought together father and daughter which was later featured
on BBC's 'Missing Live' programme.
Press
Release Body: After
nearly 20 years of independent searching for her father Ken Millard,
Faye Jones, 37 from Rugby, got in touch with leading people tracing
website, www.tracesmart.co.uk to help her out.
Within a matter of hours of supplying specialist media tracer,
Louise Hewlett, with the relevant details regarding her father,
he had been traced. Just a few weeks later, Faye and Ken were
reunited. BBC1's early morning missing person programme, 'Missing
Live' picked up this story and wished to feature it on their show.
Faye, Ken and Louise were all invited to the studio to discuss
the success of Tracesmart's missing people search and the excitement
of the unfolding reunion to help inspire others.
On
meeting Faye and Ken, Louise, one of Tracesmart's
leading tracers, said "It was so rewarding to see the fruition
of my work, using our people finder and address search tools I
was quickly able to locate Ken on the Electoral Roll and he was
really happy to be reunited with Faye. I hope their story inspires
others to use our system to make contact with lost friends and
find relatives, as Tracesmart
really can help."
One
in a series of shows which ran throughout April and May, the episode
of 'Missing Live' featuring Faye and Ken's story was broadcast
last week. Viewing figures for the series so far indicate that
Missing Live was very well received, with approximately 2 million
people tuning in to each show. Produced by Leopard Films on behalf
of the BBC and now in its second series, the show follows the
work of the police and charity organisation Missing People, as
they attempt to locate some of the 200,000 people reported missing
each year. The series also features the stories of those who have
long ago lost contact, recently reunited families and ongoing
police investigations.
Owen
Roberts, Tracesmart's Communications Manager, commented
on the coalition, "We are very proud to be associated with the
BBC's 'Missing Live'. The programme has been very well received
by audiences so far and we hope it continues to do so in the future.
There are countless people who don't really know where to start
when searching for a missing
person - a recent Eastenders episode demonstrated this point
when the soap's storyline involved one of the characters performing
an online search for an absent father, typing 'Electoral Register'
into a search engine. Within seconds of the programme ending Tracesmart
were inundated with visits to their website from people wanting
to trace missing persons". Roberts continued to note, "Faye and
Ken are a typical example of the work we do here at Tracesmart.
They are both extremely happy at the turn of events and can enjoy
the future knowing they both now have each other".
About
Tracesmart
www.tracesmart.co.uk is owned by Tracesmart Ltd. Tracesmart
Ltd - Founded in 1999 Tracesmart Ltd
has, since the launch of its website in 2004, established itself
as one of the UK's leading people tracing resources available
on-line today. Since its inception the site has been instrumental
in reuniting thousands of long lost family members and friends.
The tracing system is driven by sophisticated search engine technology
using frequently updated datasets including the recently released
2008 Electoral Roll. In addition, we employ a pool of experienced
professional tracers. Based in Cardiff, Tracesmart Ltd is at the
vanguard of web based technology and offers a variety of services
to the corporate sector as well as to the general public. Owen
Roberts has worked in the creative, advertising and communications
industries for over 25 years and is the voice of Tracesmart.
Heading up the communications team, he raises the public awareness
of the company through various media driven PR campaigns.
Owen
Roberts - Communications Manager
Tracesmart Ltd
2 Sovereign Quay
Havannah Street
Cardiff
CF10 5SF
Tel: 02920 474 114
Mobile: 07775 700 480
Email: owenr@tracesmart.co.uk
Photo's available on request.