The Virtual Library

Finding People

General

192.com
You can search for individuals across several databases . The free details given may be useful but you have to buy credits to view the full results
http://www.192.com

BT Phone Book
Search for residential and business numbers in the UK
http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/ publisha.content/ en/ search/ residential/ search.publisha

Finding People
A guide in the Virtual Library's 'A-Z how to find information' section
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ finding_people.htm

Findmypast.co.uk
There is a 'Living Relatives' premium database on this site. It allows you to search several databases to find up-to-date contact details
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/

Information for Former British Child Migrants
Contact details and other information to help in tracing former child migrants, provided by the Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk/ en/ Publicationsandstatistics/ Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/ DH_4006199

PIPL
A wide-ranging people search site. It includes in its search 'documents in online databases that general-purpose web crawlers cannot reach' because they search static web pages only. Many of its results are US ones
http://pipl.com/

Tracing Living People - British Library guide
A list of resources to help people track down a friend or relative they may have recently lost contact with
http://www.bl.uk/ reshelp/ findhelprestype/ offpubs/ electreg/ traceliv/ tracing.html

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