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Can the California State Archives help me find a missing person?

April 26, 2017Archives California help MISSING person State

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Can the California State Archives help me find a missing person?

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While the California State Archives’ collections do include some information concerning individuals, we do not possess a personal name index to our holdings. It is difficult for us to assist in locating information about someone without knowing what state agency may have maintained such information. In addition, the records we have are typically older and do not contain current information. There are, however, a variety of resources for finding missing persons available on the Internet. A number of commercial websites offer people search services: Yahoo’s People Search, Switchboard, and WhoWhere. In some cases, the Salvation Army Missing Persons Service will assist people in locating family members. The Social Security Administration will forward letters to missing persons; check out Social Security Administration online for more detail.