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porchlight · 06-19-2010, 10:07 AM

http://www.missing-and-unidentified.org/

One of Porchlight's members Carl has created the most flexible and searchable database I have ever seen. Truly. Take a look, move your cursor around, note that photos and case files appear without clicking. All cases are connected to the Porchlight message board for all additional information on any case. Each column can be sorted, or searched. And more than one can be searched at the same time...collapsing the list of possibilities.
There remains, of course, thousand of cases that need to be added to make it truly as useful as it should be...but we have begun. Thanks Carl...you are my hero!
There are currently over 1600 cases on the databases with more being added every week.

porchlight · 06-19-2010, 10:07 AM

http://www.missing-and-unidentified.org/

We are also now offering ad free, cost free websites to any family with a missing loved one. Just contact us at the above link or at lauran@missing-and-unidentified.org for more information.
No strings attached, just a free website, forever, with no ads. Courtesy of Porchlight and missing-and-unidentified.org

everybodylovesrs · 06-19-2010, 12:53 PM

While it is always great to have new sites, I'm pretty sure I've seen this one before. Also, I tried just the first two listed here http://www.unsolved.com/missing.html

and they aren't in there.

porchlight · 06-20-2010, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by everybodylovesrs

While it is always great to have new sites, I'm pretty sure I've seen this one before. Also, I tried just the first two listed here http://www.unsolved.com/missing.html

and they aren't in there.

I don't know if you have seen this site before or not. It just went online in Feb 2010. We are still loading the cases onto the database, going thru the states in roughly alphabetical order. At this point, I am still working on Illinois, so you will not find any PA cases, or OH cases or NJ etc loaded on there yet. We will get there, but there are thousands of cases to be uploaded. They are loaded into one of four databases on that website, so they tend to go in batches, i.e. forty male uid cases at a time, etc.

Give us a little time to get if fully populated and then see what you think of it. Also, if anyone has a case they would like to see loaded right away, just let me know and I will format the case immediately.

Meanwhile, what do you think of the way you can navigate around the database? Aren't the popups great instead of paging thru to get to a case? The columns are searchable and sortable, with multiple search terms. Each one chosen will just collapse the list leaving only the possiblities showing.
I don't know of another database like it, and I have been working missing persons cases for thirty years....long before there was an internet for that matter. My first "database" was index cards in a small metal box. We have come a long way baby.

Gangreen · 06-20-2010, 09:36 AM

nice job

porchlight · 06-20-2010, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Gangreen

nice job

Thanks! We hope to make it more useful by the week.

porchlight · 06-22-2010, 11:50 PM

22nd June, 2010;

Carl Added 219 cases to the databases.

182 are UID males.
37 are Missing Female Adults.

They are dated 20th/21st/22nd June in those two databases.

1,908 cases now on the site.

porchlight · 06-27-2010, 07:02 PM

27th June, 2010:
182 cases have been uploaded to the databases.

111 are Missing Male Adults
49 are Missing Female Adults
2 are Missing Male Children
1 is a Missing Female Child
the other 19 are Female UIDs.

They are all the cases dated from 23rd to the 27th June 2010 in those databases...

There are now 2,090 cases uploaded to the databases.

porchlight · 06-28-2010, 09:06 PM

28th June, 2010;

Added 65 cases to the databases.

25 are Missing Male Adults,
20 are Missing Female Adults,
11 are Missing Female Children.
9 are Missing Male Children.

They are all dated 28th June in those databases.

We now have 2,155 cases on the site.

porchlight · 06-30-2010, 10:16 AM

29th June, 2010;

Added 74 cases to the databases;

24 are Missing Female Adults
9 are Missing Female Children
1 is a Missing Male Children
15 are Missing Male Adults
25 are UID Males.

They are all dated 29th June in those databases.

We now have 2, 229 cases uploaded.

06-19-2010, 10:07 AM	#1
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	New missing and unidentified persons database launched http://www.missing-and-unidentified.org/ One of Porchlight's members Carl has created the most flexible and searchable database I have ever seen. Truly. Take a look, move your cursor around, note that photos and case files appear without clicking. All cases are connected to the Porchlight message board for all additional information on any case. Each column can be sorted, or searched. And more than one can be searched at the same time...collapsing the list of possibilities. There remains, of course, thousand of cases that need to be added to make it truly as useful as it should be...but we have begun. Thanks Carl...you are my hero! There are currently over 1600 cases on the databases with more being added every week.

06-19-2010, 10:07 AM	#2
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	New missing and unidentified persons database launched http://www.missing-and-unidentified.org/ We are also now offering ad free, cost free websites to any family with a missing loved one. Just contact us at the above link or at lauran@missing-and-unidentified.org for more information. No strings attached, just a free website, forever, with no ads. Courtesy of Porchlight and missing-and-unidentified.org

06-19-2010, 12:53 PM	#3
everybodylovesrs Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 12, 2008 Posts: 526	While it is always great to have new sites, I'm pretty sure I've seen this one before. Also, I tried just the first two listed here http://www.unsolved.com/missing.html and they aren't in there.

06-20-2010, 09:36 AM	#5
Gangreen Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 65	nice job

06-22-2010, 11:50 PM	#7
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	22nd June, 2010; Carl Added 219 cases to the databases. 182 are UID males. 37 are Missing Female Adults. They are dated 20th/21st/22nd June in those two databases. 1,908 cases now on the site.

06-27-2010, 07:02 PM	#8
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	27th June, 2010: 182 cases have been uploaded to the databases. 111 are Missing Male Adults 49 are Missing Female Adults 2 are Missing Male Children 1 is a Missing Female Child the other 19 are Female UIDs. They are all the cases dated from 23rd to the 27th June 2010 in those databases... There are now 2,090 cases uploaded to the databases.

06-28-2010, 09:06 PM	#9
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	28th June, 2010; Added 65 cases to the databases. 25 are Missing Male Adults, 20 are Missing Female Adults, 11 are Missing Female Children. 9 are Missing Male Children. They are all dated 28th June in those databases. We now have 2,155 cases on the site.

06-30-2010, 10:16 AM	#10
porchlight Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 03, 2007 Location: south carolina Posts: 107	29th June, 2010; Added 74 cases to the databases; 24 are Missing Female Adults 9 are Missing Female Children 1 is a Missing Male Children 15 are Missing Male Adults 25 are UID Males. They are all dated 29th June in those databases. We now have 2, 229 cases uploaded.