Other Web "gathering spots":
Since I found Jennifer not through a people-search site, but through a Web "gathering place," I wanted to mention a couple of other such gathering places. These sites, like Classmates.com, allow you to communicate through their system but do not reveal people's e-mail addresses or other direct contact information (unless, of course, the person posts it on their site themselves). Unlike Classmates.com, you can communicate for free through these sites:
My Space (www.myspace.com): Anyone can join MySpace and set up a homepage on it. Both people and "organizations" (mainly bands) have pages. You can search for someone by name and location.
I searched for Jennifer's name within a hundred mile radius of Tampa (since this is the original location we had for her), and it looks like I found her again! Her last name is not on the Web page, but this person is the same age as Melanie's daughter and lives in Sarasota, where we found out Jennifer lives now. She has a picture on the site and looks a little like Melanie, so I'm pretty sure it's her.
I wish I had tried to contact her through MySpace first, since it would have been totally free to do so.
FaceBook (www.facebook.com): This site is similar to MySpace, except it consists of a variety of networks grouped by high school, college, workplace, or religion. It is also free to communicate with people through FaceBook, unlike Classmates.com. However, I was unable to locate Jennifer on this site.
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