Does anyone knows of any free means to find an email address of a person I have lost contact with?

Answer 1

Generally your best bet is Google, and hope they are geeks with a unique name. Due to spamming concerns most email directories either never took off or closed down (or both). Something like http://www.classmates.com may help you if they were a high school or college friend. If it's a professional friend, try http://www.linkedin.com .