Call your parents or other people in your old neighborhood to ask about your elementary school friends who still live in the city. Inquire about whether these people have seen your friend since he has become an adult, and try to get details about where your friend lives, and whether his number is listed in the phone book.
Contact your elementary school friend by phone once you find the correct phone book listing or get the contact information from a family friend.
Attend your next class reunion if you know that people you went to elementary and middle, as well as high school with, will be there. Ask these individuals if they have recently seen or heard from the friend you're searching for, and ask for your elementary school friend's contact information.
Visit hometown landmarks that you frequented as a child, such as church or a popular area restaurant as often as possible. Chances are people who know you when you were elementary-school aged will be there, and you can ask other childhood friends for details about your elementary school classmate.
Create a social networking account. Include as many details as possible, such as your current city, the full name of the elementary school and your name when you were in elementary school, so your elementary school friend can verify your identity.
Check your account often to see if your elementary school friend has located your account so that your can confirm your connection and begin communicating. Read the email alerts from Classmates.com as well to see if your classmate has been searching for you in the past weeks or months.
Search for your friend on a social networking website. Use any information you remember, such as first and last name, along with middle initial, as well as the last state you knew the person lived in.