{"id":10789,"date":"2018-10-13T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T18:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:27:06","slug":"guest-post-tracking-down-family-members-with-spokeo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/guest-post-tracking-down-family-members-with-spokeo\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Tracking Down Family Members with Spokeo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/JenniferGuestblogger.png?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/JenniferGuestblogger-300x225.png?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"TrackingDownFamily\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2014\/11\/JenniferGuestblogger.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spokeo.com\/compass\/image\/2014\/11\/JenniferGuestblogger.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Spokeo is excited to feature a new series of guest posts from bloggers each focusing on a different way to use Spokeo.&nbsp;Jennifer Medeiros<\/em><em>&nbsp;is a mom blogger who covers tech, travel, parenting and recipes. You can follow her at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.makobiscribe.com\">https:\/\/www.makobiscribe.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>How long has it been since your family got together? I&#8217;m not talking about your immediate family, either. How long has it been since your whole family got together? Aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins and so on. Chances are, it&#8217;s been too long.<\/p>\n<p>I come from a huge family. Being the oldest of 16 cousins on my dad&#8217;s side, trying to stay in touch with everyone gets a bit tricky. My aunts, uncles, cousins and second cousins have spread out mainly over the Northeast. Being that I live in Florida, I definitely don&#8217;t see them as much as I would like. Sadly, the most recent get together&#8217;s have been for reasons such as funerals. One of the very last times I was in New Jersey, we decided enough with the sad family gatherings. It was time to plan something fun for the whole family to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>While most of my family is in the Northeast,&nbsp;we still have some stragglers that have branched out across the United States. My family has settled in Alaska, Georgia, California- even in the US Virgin Islands! Putting together a list of relatives is the easy part. Grandma and Grandpa kept an extensive family tree on the wall in their entry way. The hard part is actually tracking&nbsp;all&nbsp;of my relatives&nbsp;down!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where Spokeo comes in to good use. By typing the name of my second cousin into the search bar and narrowing the search terms down by state, I was able to find her mailing address, email address and phone number. I am even able to see if she was recently married! Spokeo is like the white pages of social networking. I can even use it on my phone and view social media networks that my family members might be a part of! 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