When I got married, I wasn’t particularly close to the clerics in my church, and so I decided it would be nice to have someone a bit special perform the ceremony. Wouldn’t it be nice to round the circle a bit and have the priest who baptized me also perform my wedding ceremony?  I went about finding him and although it was not easy, (this was years ago, before the days when computer searches made such quests so easy) I was very happy that I did.  He was serving as an army chaplain, and was very happy himself to have a chance to get away.

Besides the sentimental value of having this priest, I can tell you that it made for a lot of interesting conversation at the wedding. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have some long lost people from your past to celebrate your happy day with you? Luckily, today this is not only a fun idea, but can even be an easy one with the websites now available.  Just who would you like to invite to your wedding?

Wedding Invitation Lists Can Be Small Or Large

Childhood friends

Just imagine being able to share your special day with your best friend from when you were six years old!  Those sweet, innocent days will come back to you in a heartbeat as soon as you see her.  The first step will be to Google her name and see if you get any hits.  If she is married, this will make it difficult, but often people keep their maiden names, especially if they are in certain professions, such as nursing.  If you have no luck there, you will have to see if you can use the “degrees of separation” theory.  Somewhere out there, is someone that you know that also still knows your friend.  Get in touch with stores in your old neighborhood: perhaps same family owns it and knows where your friend moved, or if she got married.  It may even be as simple as going to her old house; perhaps the new owners know where her family moved.  Do you know where she went to high school? Maybe you could contact the alumnae association.

High School friends

A site has been developed for this exact purpose.  If you haven’t done so already, you can get a membership on HighSchool.com, find your school and locate students from your class.  If your friend has kept in touch with the school, even if she is married, she will be listed there with her high school name.  If she is not registered, it will be a little more difficult, but you can post a message that you are looking for her. And then, of course, there is Facebook. Many high school groups have formed pages to keep in touch with one another, so look for the name of your high school, as well as the name of your friend.

Relatives

Sadly, some people have a falling out with a relative and decide not to keep in touch.  Perhaps your mother and her sister had a falling out over Grandma’s jewelry (this is not as uncommon as you may think) and so you lost touch with your aunt and your cousins.  The day of your wedding should be a joyful time of reunion, so this may be the perfect time to ask mom to bury the hatchet and help you find them.  This may be the easiest search of all, since other relatives have probably kept in touch, and they can be contacted.  If not, sites such as peoplefind.com or even ancestry sites can help you find your relatives, the ones who are alive as well as the ones who have passed on!

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