If I want to search for Dave Smith, who I went to school with in 1976, there is no way to find him.

I wonder why I can't search on Dave Smith, then key in "born in 1969" and "went to Belleville Grammer School in 1976".

Anybody know why Facebook doesn't have a better search capability?

p.s. just to state the obvious. Dave Smith is too popular a name, there are hundreds of them, many without photos and even if they did have a photo, I wouldn't recognize him after all these years.

Maybe one of these can help ?

(social media search)

http://www.trackthisnow.com/

http://topsy.com/

(people search)

http://www.peekyou.com/

http://www.beenverified.com/

There are many more kinds of people search engines

Success..

Thanks, those might help.

However, the question is still begged? Why isn't there an advanced search function on facebook?

Must be some facebook geeks out there that would know this.

Thanks, those might help.

However, the question is still begged? Why isn't there an advanced search function on facebook?

Must be some facebook geeks out there that would know this.

OK, try this app:

http://apps.facebook.com/advancedsearch/

OK, try this app:

http://apps.facebook.com/advancedsearch/

Thanks for the link. I can see it really is a Beta version. It doesn't work at all. Not only can I not find anybody new with this function. It doesn't even come up with people that I know are on facebook. If I search for anybody and put in extra info like 'year of birth', which I know is correct......my friend doesn't even come up.