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if you lost location for wallet, say a dead or stolen pc, but still have your private key, is there a way to find your btc in the chain or is it toast?

Thanks,
James

Do you still have your BTC address? If you have, you can login to your BTC wallet using blockchain wallet.
https://blockchain.info/wallet/#/

Thanks C-G.    I unfortunately was an early adopter but did not buy in heavy and stopped watching completely until recently.    Completely admit it was headlines that caught my eye.   I am several PCs down the road from when I bought and I remember writing down the key but not sure about the address.  Even with key, I'm not sure where it is; I was deployed to Iraq at the time and a lot of things since then are forgotten (short and long term memory issues).    Appreciate the help, just like when I bought the first time, I'm glad the community has people to help the uninformed.  Thanks again.   

If you know your BTC address you can search it in the blockchain.info
If you didnt know what your BTC address you can import it on in electrum wallet

I am completely new to this bitcoin thing. This is my school Economics assignment: what is bitcoin, what is bitcoin wallet. Hope I learn about the wallet thing.

How do you import it if you dont know the address?   sounds counter-intuitive

You don't import your wallet using the address. You import your wallet using the private key, which you said that you have access to. On the electrum application, go to File > New / Restore, name your wallet, then proceed to enter your private key there.

Using your private key , because you said a while ago you have your private key right?Just import it on the electrum wallet by following the mjglqw guide :
and sorry for the misunderstanding in my first comment ;D

Your main question is answered. I would only like to add that if there's a chance your computer was stolen or sold and others have a chance to access your data, it could be a very good idea to move your coins to a new address. Better safe than sorry.

As a side note; I thank you for your service!!

I just created a block chain account, theres no balance but just incase I need to change the private keys and seed phrase ,how to do it?

Thanks Coin-Keeper.  That was my last of multiple trips ranging from 1990-2010, When I was 20 I swore I would never go back and then celebrated my 40th b-day there. 

If you have ur private key, u always have access to your coins.
What method will u use to recover them, for example import it to software wallet/online wallet or mobile wallet, its up to you.