Look-Up Directories:

FInd People and Businesses Using
Online Directories

Merry Beth Tacy, Selector Librarian

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Finding People

Billed as "the world's first adoption-focused search engine" this site offers a birth relative search feature as well as adoption-related links.

A subscription database that is available only from within the Library. You may use either the all-inclusive search form at the top, or you may select "More Collections—Birth, Marriage & Death Records (SSDI)" from the lower half of the page to search this database.

Bigfoot maintains a huge database which you can use to find both people and their e-mail address, if any.

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A free resource offering one of the largest edited directories of genealogical websites organized by surname, ethnicity, and geographical location.

23 separate links (although most operate on a fee basis) assembled by the folks at Excite.

The largest database of family information on the web, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Includes excellent research guidance, maps, et al.

Trying to find someone? Extensive directories are available on this site which also features "The People-Topic Look Up" which offers alternative ways of locating people.

From Lycos, offering a search by first/last name, which will produce an e-mail address, a phone number, or a web directory. Also contains links to other Lycos People Guides and related people-finding links.

From Yahoo!. Offers a telephone or e-mail search, as well as useful crosslinks.

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Finding Businesses

See also on this page Phone Directories, All-Purpose/Combination Directories, our Business Page and our Business Subscription Databases Page.



"....the Internet's largest search engine/database of African American owned businesses."

Over 350,000 company profiles, 30 industries, 65 countries, plus over 15,000 company research reports.

More targeted than a search engine, more comprehensive than online yellow pages, focused on web sites in the .com domain. Businesses must have registered or reserved a Web address with an active web site or dot com biz card, and be in the InfoUSA database of over 11 million U.S. and Canadian businesses.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's searchable online database of corporate filings.

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Search for services or businesses near you.

A premier business network and corporate directory, offering a wealth of free information, in addition to its fee-based in-depth information about companies and industries.

Search U.S. Yellow Pages by Category, Business Name, etc.

The "alternate Yellow Pages" covering company information for states east of the Mississippi.

Yahoo!'s entry into the online YP listings, featuring "Consumer Yellow Pages"

Zip+4 Code lookups and City/State/ZIP Code Association from this official site, as well as a list of USPS abbreviations, and other links.

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Other Online Telephone Directories

A web directory from AT&T which has residential and business listings as well as a means to search toll-free numbers and e-mail. Features a reverse look up feature, that also allows users to search addresses to view all residents on that particular street. Users can go further and map out directions to each residence or business.

"The Internet's original and most complete index of links to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, e-mail addresses and fax listings from over 170 countries around the world". Bilingual options are available and some links offer basic cultural information.

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All-Purpose/Combination Directories

Search White Pages information on 66million household, and Yellow Pages covering 14 million business listings. You can also create custom sales leads and mailing lists from over 12 million telephone-verified businesses and 100 million customers.

Features yellow and white page directories, searchable by category or by reverse look-up. Also offers maps and directions.

Includes a simple or detailed search option, a way to search distances between addresses, and a nationwide search to locate businesses without entering a state name. Other features include the "Super Topics" listing, which is a web directory, general and consumer information on individual cities, and a means to search for Canadian telephone numbers.

Offers People and Business searching, as well as a MapMaker and Directory services.

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