Post by Admin on Jan 2, 2005 6:54:25 GMT -5
If you can't find your loved one, try possibly typing in their middle name (if they have one) as some people seem to be listed under their middle and last names (perhaps the staff simply listed what they could understand?)
Also, try saying the name out aloud to yourself and imagine how you would spell it phoenetically. For example : Charlotte might be Sharlet, Sharlot, Charlet etc.
It really IS worth trying all of these computations.
The best site that I've managed to use is :
www.phuketitcity.com/ but, be warned, it has over 22,100 names on it of missing, injured, saved, dead etc. It is very time consuming but it is surely worth it.
Also, bear in mind, with regard to Nationality. If they say "British" or "American" or any other country where English is the native tongue, they might simply be muddled up, hear someone speaking or understanding English and assume that they are eg British.
The other confusion are the "Irish" , "British", "English", "U.K." listings. If you can't find someone under one, try one of the others.
I think the same things occurs with "Switzerland", "France", "Belgium" etc. where French is spoken, or "Switzerland" and "Germany" if German is the native tongue.
Australia is listed, on the site, as "Austraria" and so don't type Australia into the search engine as most of the names won't come up as often they are listed as "Austrarian".
One of the best ways I've found to try to find someone is to type in the first two or three letters of either the first name, middle name or last name. You will find all the variations on the spellings this way. Also, some people are listed "FIRST NAME, LAST NAME" and others are listed "LAST NAME, FIRST NAME."
I hope this helps someone.
Also, try saying the name out aloud to yourself and imagine how you would spell it phoenetically. For example : Charlotte might be Sharlet, Sharlot, Charlet etc.
It really IS worth trying all of these computations.
The best site that I've managed to use is :
www.phuketitcity.com/ but, be warned, it has over 22,100 names on it of missing, injured, saved, dead etc. It is very time consuming but it is surely worth it.
Also, bear in mind, with regard to Nationality. If they say "British" or "American" or any other country where English is the native tongue, they might simply be muddled up, hear someone speaking or understanding English and assume that they are eg British.
The other confusion are the "Irish" , "British", "English", "U.K." listings. If you can't find someone under one, try one of the others.
I think the same things occurs with "Switzerland", "France", "Belgium" etc. where French is spoken, or "Switzerland" and "Germany" if German is the native tongue.
Australia is listed, on the site, as "Austraria" and so don't type Australia into the search engine as most of the names won't come up as often they are listed as "Austrarian".
One of the best ways I've found to try to find someone is to type in the first two or three letters of either the first name, middle name or last name. You will find all the variations on the spellings this way. Also, some people are listed "FIRST NAME, LAST NAME" and others are listed "LAST NAME, FIRST NAME."
I hope this helps someone.