Tracesmart launch Success Stories section
Released
on: July 4, 2008, 2:22 am
Press
Release Author: Tracesmart
LTD
Industry:
Internet
& Online
Press
Release Summary: Tracesmart showcases reunions as part of its
Missing Person campaign
Press
Release Body: On
Tuesday 1st July 2008 Tracesmart, the web based
people search engine, officially
launched their 'Success Stories' section, which showcases reunification
stories that were facilitated with the aid of their people tracing
website. It is hoped that the stories will raise awareness of
the services that are available to people looking to find
relatives and friends they have lost contact with, and just
how simple this process can be.
Stories
within the section are derived from the Tracesmart Missing Person campaign.
The project, which is part of the Tracesmart initiative
to raise awareness of tracing amongst the general public, offers
people who are looking for a lost loved one the services of a
professional tracer in return for their sharing their story with
the media. The lead Media Trace Researcher at Tracesmart,
Louise Hewlett, commented on the success of the exercise
to date, "Response to this campaign has been hugely positive,
resulting in some very heart-warming and touching stories. By
posting resulting reunions on our site and explaining exactly
how individuals were located, we hope to demonstrate to the public
how easy it is to be reunited with lost friends and relatives."
As
Hewlett noted, in addition to informing readers of the outcome,
the story also includes a detailed analysis of the how the missing
individual was located. This explanation tackles one of the biggest
hurdles people can face when attempting to trace an individual
- knowing where to start. "Our trace research team have many
tools at their disposal; the site [www.tracesmart.co.uk]
is driven by a huge amount of data, such as electoral
roll records, and a wide variety of tools such as our friend
finder and address search. The success
stories examine exactly what tools and methods were employed to
locate the individual in question, so if someone does want to
attempt to trace a missing person, they have a firm foundation
to start on." Hewlett concluded.
Success
Stories will also showcase the work of Gill Whitley, founder
of Searching for a Memory and co-producer of weekly Daily Mail
column, Missing & Found. Whitley is also keen to raise
the profile of tracing, "I started Searching for a Memory
in memorial of my late mother-in-law, who had been estranged from
my husband for 34 years. I located her 11 months before she died,
and thought as a tribute to her I would continue tracing to help
other people find their loved ones. Over the years I would like
to think I have had a great deal of success. I have used various
resources during this time, and through a recommendation from
a friend, began to use Tracesmart. The system has helped no end
and I am pleased to share my successful reunion stories with Tracesmart,
especially as it will highlight to people that there are ways
to get back in contact with lost loved ones."
Notes to Editors:
www.tracesmart.co.uk
- 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.
Louise
Hewlett - Louise is the head media tracer on the Missing
Person project. As well as locating and reuniting those involved,
she provides the detailed analysis of how the trace subjects were
located. Recently, Louise made an appearance on the BBC programme
'Missing Live', where she explained how she reunited a father
and daughter after 36 years.
Gill
Whitley - Gill is an experienced tracer and has successfully
reunited a multitude of individuals through her Searching for
a Memory project. Her weekly Missing & Found column is published
each Saturday in the Daily Mail.
Contact: Owen Roberts
- Communications Manager
- Tracesmart
Ltd
- 2
Sovereign Quay
- Havannah
Street
- Cardiff
- CF10
5SF
- Tel:
02920 474 114
- Email:
owenr@tracesmart.co.uk
- Photos
available on request.