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[ by Emile Phaneuf ]
[ emilephaneuf@hotmail.com ]
[ see www.travelersunite.com ]

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----INTRODUCTION:
A long time ago, I found someone I had been looking for in New Zealand half way
around the world from where I was living. I realized it was about time that I
wrote a little text about how to find people so that hopefully someone could find
the information that I collected from different places as useful. I am in NO way
responsible for anything ILLEGAL or otherwise that you do with this information.
Check the index at the beginning of this document for categories.

Note: The process of copying & pasting some of the URLs to this text file was done
several years ago when I first wrote this text. Since then I have not taken the
time to check for dead-URLs and replace them with their new locations. If you find
a dead URL please report it to me and keep in mind that they may have just changed
it to a different location on their server. So by changing a URL located at
http://www.some-random-place.net/whitepages/listings/index.html
to http://www.some-random-place.net/whitepages/ or even to
http://www.some-random-place.net/
then clicking a few appropriate links on their site might help you to find the
results you are looking for.

Also see http://www.travelersunite.com/links.html for related sites that can aid
you in finding someone.
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----INDEX:
1. 555-1212 numbers
2. reverse listings
3. search-by-name listings
4. area codes
5. social security numbers
6. drivers license numbers
7. internet protocol addresses
8. businesses
9. international resources
10. advanced search techniques & caching (IMPORTANT!)
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part 1. [ 555-1212 numbers ]

For United States ONLY:
In the past, 1411 phone directory didn't have national listings, only state-wide...
If you know the area code for the person or business you are looking for, then dial
1-(area_code)-555-1212. Example... Say you know that a person or business is in
Nevada. You would dial... 1-702-555-1212. If you were looking for an 800 number
listing, you would dial 1-800-555-1212. Tell the operator who you're looking for
and- bingo: You've got your number! (assuming the person didn't ask to remain
unlisted when he/she set up his/her phone number).

part 2. [ reverse listings ]

For United States ONLY:
Most listings just have a place where you input a name and it gives you their
information. What if you don't know their name but you know something else about them?
some references for the input you can find information for. Notice: these
OF COURSE are subject to change!

part 3. [ search-by-name listings ]

You could have found these by yourself, but I went ahead and put this part
in here. Remember, the input in all these will be the their name.

part 4. [ area codes ]

For United States ONLY:
This list was originally made by L0pht's (http://www.l0pht.com/) Brian Oblivion. It
is his credit, not mine. I do not know where he got the list from. I have made
additions to this list that he has started. The following numbers are useful if you
have a phone number and want to know which state it comes from. This list is not
100% up to date, but if you cannot find the area code you are looking for, take a look
at the link at the bottom of this section. They should have what you are looking for.

011 [ International Access Code ]
201 Morristown, and Newark, (Northeast) New Jersey
202 Washington, District of Columbia
203 All parts of Connecticut
204 All parts of Manitoba, CANADA
205 All parts of Alabama
206 Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver, (Western) Washington
207 All parts of Maine
208 All parts of Idaho
209 Fresno and Stockton, (Central) California
212 New York City (Manhattan and Bronx) New York
213 Los Angeles, California
214 Dallas, (Northeast) Texas
215 Allentown, Chester, and Philadelphia, (Southeast) Pennsylvania
216 Akron, Cleveland, Massillon, and Youngstown, (Northeast) Ohio
217 Springfield, (South Central) Illinois
218 Duluth, (Northern) Minnesota
219 Gary, Hammond, Michigan City, and South Bend, (Northwest) Indiana
301 All parts of Maryland
302 All parts of Delaware
303 Denver, (North and West) Colorado
304 All parts of West Virginia
305 Fort Lauderdale, Key West and Miami, (Southeast) Florida
306 All parts of Saskatchewan, CANADA
307 All parts of Wyoming
308 North Platte, (Western) Nebraska
309 Peoria, (West Central) Illinois
312 Chicago, Illinois
313 Detroit and Ann Arbor, (Eastern) Michigan
314 Saint Louis and Columbia, (Eastern) Missouri
315 Syracuse and Utica, (North Central) New York
316 Dodge City and Wichita, (Southern) Kansas
317 Indianapolis and Kokomo, (Central) Indiana
318 Lake Charles and Shreveport, (Western) Louisiana
319 Dubuque, (Eastern) Iowa
401 All parts of Rhode Island
402 Lincoln and Omaha, (Eastern) Nebraska
403 All parts of Alberta, CANADA
404 Atlanta and Rome, (Northern) Georgia
405 Oklahoma City, (South and West) Oklahoma
406 All parts of Montana
407 Orlando, West Palm Beach, (Eastern) Florida
408 San Jose and Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley) California
409 Galveston, (Southeast) Texas
411 [ Directory Assistance ]
412 Pittsburgh, (Western) Pennsylvania
413 Springfield, (Western) Massachusetts
414 Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Racine, (Eastern) Wisconsin
415 Oakland and San Francisco, (Bay Area) California
416 Toronto, (South Central) Ontario, CANADA
417 Joplin and Springfield, (Southwest) Missouri
418 Quebec City, (Northeast) Quebec, CANADA
419 Toledo, (Northwest) Ohio
479 NorthWest Arkansas
501 Little Rock, Hot Springs, (Central) Arkansas
502 Louisville and Paducah, (Western) Kentucky
503 All parts of Oregon
504 Baton Rouge and New Orleans, (Eastern) Louisiana
505 All parts of New Mexico
506 All parts of New Brunswick, CANADA
507 Rochester, (Southern) Minnesota
508 Worcester, Framingham and New Bedford, (Eastern) Massachusetts
509 Spokane, and Walla Walla, (Eastern) Washington
512 Austin, Corpus Christi, and San Antonio, (Southern) Texas
513 Cincinnati and Dayton, (Southwest) Ohio
514 Montreal, (Southern) Quebec, CANADA
515 Des Moines, (Central) Iowa
516 Hempstead, (Long Island) New York
517 Lansing and Saginaw, (Central) Michigan
518 Albany and Schenectady, (Northeast) New York
519 London, (Southwest) Ontario, CANADA
601 All parts of Mississippi
602 All parts of Arizona
603 All parts of New Hampshire
604 All parts of British Columbia, CANADA
605 All parts of South Dakota
606 Ashland and Covington, (Eastern) Kentucky
607 Binghamton, Elmira and Ithaca, (South Central) New York
608 Beloit and Madison, (Southwest) Wisconsin
609 Atlantic City, Camden, and Trenton, (Southwest) New Jersey
611 [ Repair Service ]
612 Minneapolis and Saint Paul, (Central) Minnesota
613 Ottawa, (Southeast) Ontario, CANADA
614 Columbus, (Southeast) Ohio
615 Chattanooga and Nashville, (Eastern) Tennessee
616 Battle Creek, and Grand Rapids, (Western) Michigan
617 Boston area, (Eastern) Massachusetts
618 Alton and Centralia, (Southern) Illinois
619 San Diego and the Imperial Valley, California
701 All parts of North Dakota
702 All parts of Nevada
703 Arlington and Roanoke, (North and Western) Virginia
704 Charlotte and Salisbury, (Western) North Carolina
705 North Bay, (Northern) Ontario, CANADA
706 Tijuana, (Northwest) MEXICO [equivalent to +52 6X XXX XXX]
707 Eureka, Napa, and Santa Rosa, (North Coastal) California
708 Aurora, Elgin, Evanston, and Waukegan (Northeast) Illinois (as of 11-89)
709 All parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA
712 Council Bluffs, (Western) Iowa
713 Houston, Texas
714 Orange County and Palm Springs, California
715 Eau Claire and Wausau, (Northern) Wisconsin
716 Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, (Western) New York
717 Harrisburg, Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre, (Central) Pennsylvania
718 New York City (Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island) New York
719 Colorado Springs and Pueblo, (Southeast) Colorado
801 All parts of Utah
802 All parts of Vermont
803 All parts of South Carolina
804 Charlottesville, Norfolk, and Richmond, (Southeast) Virginia
805 Bakersfield, Ventura, and Simi Valley, (South Central) California
806 Amarillo, (Northern) Texas
807 Thunder Bay, (Northwest) Ontario, CANADA
808 All parts of Hawaii
809 Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
812 Evansville, (Southern) Indiana
813 Fort Myers and St. Petersburg, (Southwest) Florida
814 Altoona and Erie, (West Central) Pennsylvania
815 Joliet, and Rockford, (Northwest) Illinois
816 Kansas City and Saint Joseph, (Northwest) Missouri
817 Fort Worth, Temple, and Waco, (North Central) Texas
818 San Fernando (Suburban area near Los Angeles), California
819 Sherbrooke (South Central and Northwest) Quebec, CANADA
870 Various parts of Arkansas
901 Memphis, (Western) Tennesee
902 All parts of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, CANADA
903 * Unassigned *
904 Jacksonville, (Northeast) Florida
905 Mexico City, (Northern) MEXICO [equivalent to +52 5 XXX XXXX]
906 Sault Ste. Marie, (Northern) Michigan
907 All parts of Alaska
908 * Unassigned *
909 * Unassigned *
911 [ Police/Fire Emergency Service ]
912 Macon and Savannah, (Southern) Georgia
913 Salina and Topeka, (Northern) Kansas
914 White Plains, and Poughkeepsie, (Southern) New York
915 El Paso, (Western) Texas
916 Sacramento, (Northern) California
917 * Unassigned *
918 Muskogee and Tulsa, (Northeast) Oklahoma
919 Greenville, Raleigh, and Winston Salem, (Eastern) North Carolina
--

200 Local testing, used by many telcos.
410 Western Union Telegraph Company - Northeastern USA
510 Western Union Telegraph Company - Eastern USA
610 Western Union Telegraph Company - Canada
700 Value Added Information Services, per individual OCC
710 Western Union Telegraph Company - Southern USA
800 In-WATS 'toll free' calling
810 Western Union Telegraph Company - Mexico
900 Mass Calling Information/Value Added Services
910 Western Union Telegraph Company - Western USA (from Chicago westward)

Here are some related links...

Category: Location
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| area code decoder | http://decoder.americom.com/

The link above is an excellent (free!) resource for finding area/country codes. If you
are looking for Japan's country code (for example) just type 'Japan' (without the quotes,
of course) in the search field and it will report back that Japan's country code is 81.
However, if you have a country code such as 81 and don't know which country it belongs to
type '81' in the search field and you will find that 81 is Japan's country code. The site
does the same thing for United States area codes. Example: Typing 702 in the search field
will report certain parts of Nevada.

part 5. [ social security numbers ]

For United States ONLY:
If you know someone's social security number, you can find out where they were born (or
at least where their parents registered them with the U.S. government) by the first three
numbers. This list was published by 2600 magazine and that's where I got the list. It
is their credit, not mine.
Example... say your social security number is 247-xx-xxxx, you were more than
likely born in South Carolina.

Alabama 416-424
Alaska 574
Arizona 526-527, 600-601
Arkansas 429-432
California 545-573, 602-601
Colorado 521-524
Connecticut 040-049
Delaware 221-222
District of Columbia 577-579
Flordia 261-267, 589-595
Georgia 252-260
Hawaii 575-576
Idaho 518-519
Illinois 318-361
Indiana 303-317
Iowa 477-485
Kansas 509-515
Kentucky 400-407
Louisiana 433-439
Maine 004-007
Maryland 212-220
Massachusetts 010-034
Michigan 362-386
Minnesota 468-476
Mississippi 425-428, 587-588
Missouri 486-500
Montana 516-517
Nebraska 505-508
Nevada 530
New Hampshire 001-003
New Jersey 135-158
New Mexico 515,585
New York 050-134
North Carolina 237-246
North Dakota 501-502
Ohio 268-302
Oklahoma 440-448
Oregon 540-544
Pennsylvania 159-211
Possessions 586
Puerto Rico 596-599
Rail Road Retirement...
(valid, but outdated) 700-728
Rhode Island 035-039
South Carolina 247-251
South Dakota 503-504
Tennessee 408-415
Texas 449-467
Utah 528-529
Virginia 223-231
Virgin Islands 580
Washington 531-539
West Virginia 232-236
Wisconsin 387-399
Wyoming 520

Here are some related links...

Category: Location:
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| SS Search Death Index | http://www.ancestry.com/

I used to have more links above that you could search for the first three number of a SSN
and it would tell you which state they registered in (whether by birth or by coming from
another country). Unfortunately they started charging money to look up Social Security Numbers
so I took them off of this list. I searched the internet for more sites that offer this free
service but it appears that everyone wants to charge for every little thing these days. If
you want to find more yourself, search your favorite search engine for 'SSN lookup' (or
something like that).

part 6. [ drivers license numbers ]

For United States ONLY:
I'll admit it, I don't know a whole lot about drivers license numbers exept that every drivers
license I have ever seen had a nine-digit number. What I did here is give you some links that
might be helpful in your search(es). If you know of any other helpful resources please let me
know...

Category: Location:
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| Your Local Revenue Office | Of course the phone #'s varies from state-to-state.
| | This is where you register your drivers license.
| Drivers License Search (costs $$) | http://www.adlservice.com/drivers_license_search_by_name_or_number.htm
| Drivers License Search (costs $$) | http://www.driverslicenseguide.com/
| Drivers License Search (costs $$) | http://www.dmvdirect.com/searches/Driver_License.htm
| DL Search (& other stuff, costs $$) | http://dmvsearch.com/default.html
| Wisconsin Drivers License Records | http://merlindata.com/prodinfo/WWwidrivers.html
| Drivers License Qualifications | http://www.o-c-s.com/epilepsy/license.htm

part 7. [ internet protocol addresses ]

Here is a real situation that I have documented during an Internet Relay Chat
(IRC) session. In this situation a user on IRC is nicknamed HowWonderful and I am
looking for his/her information by typing commands into the channel (IRC's word
for 'chat room') using my IRC client program.

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/dns HowWonderful
*** Retrieving information for HowWonderful
*** Attempting to resolve 209.117.148.244
*** Resolved 209.117.148.244 to t2-44.visitus.net
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/whois HowWonderful
*** HowWonderful is ~sgtphou@209.117.148.244 (Sergeant Phou (ff-ow))
*** on channels: @#puberty
*** on IRC via raptor.ab.ca.dal.net ([0.0.0.0] Western Canada's Only DALnet Server)
*** HowWonderful is away: I am starving! [54m 46s]
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I made a trip to www.visitus.net and found it was an ISP (which leaves out the possibility
of it being a proxy or gateway (most of the time)). Next I went to the tech-support
section of the site (http://www.visitus.net/setup_visitus.htm) looking for the mail
server that they supply for their users.
Found it!... mail.visitus.net
This may seem pointless because we already have his identity (sgtphou@209.117.148.244)...
This next step is to check for proof that it is not a spoof (fake IP address). Here
is a telnet session from a UNIX shell account that I used to connect to this person's
SMTP server. What you type is not echoed back by the SMTP server. So the 'vrfy' and the 'quit'
command are of course what I typed.

%telnet visitus.net 25
Connecting to host mail.visitus.net...Connected
220 mailnews.visitus.net NTMail (v4.20.0009/NU7348.00.b455e200) ready for ESMTP transfer
vrfy sgtphou
250 sgtphou@visitus.net
quit
221 Goodbye [200.13.19.240]

...NOTE:
I got the sgtphou from the /whois command that I used on IRC (remember the sgtphou@209.117.148.244?).
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The line:
250 sgtphou@visitus.net
tells us that he exists on that system.

Now that you have positively identified a user and a domain you may want to go to
http://www.visitus.net/ and look for a phone number of the company then call them to
get a hold the user's information or report abuse. I suggest you do not break any
laws by lying to the Internet Service Provider about who you are.
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Have you ever seen a web site that looks something like www.something.ru or something.de?
The .ru and .de are country codes. This can help you pinpoint someone's DNS (Domain Name System)
to a particular country. So if you see the DNS: ~garik@cosmigo.de, you can lookup .de in this
list and know that the person is more than likely in Germany. Please see
http://www.domainnotes.com/nics/article for a complete(?) list of NICs (Network Information
Centers) belonging to certain countries for IP address information. (That is where i got the
following list below from, it is their credit, not mine).

Here is the complete(?) list of every country's internet country codes...

.A ...
.AC - Ascension Island
.AD - Andorra
.AE - United Arab Emirates
.AF - Afghanistan
.AG - Antigua and Barbuda
.AI - Anguilla
.AL - Albania
.AM - Armenia
.AN - Netherlands Antilles
.AO - Angola
.AQ - Antarctica
.AR - Argentina
.AS - American Samoa
.AT - Austria
.AU - Australia
.AW - Aruba
.AZ - Azerbaijan

.B ...
.BA - Bosnia and Herzegowina
.BB - Barbados
.BD - Bangladesh
.BE - Belgium
.BF - Burkina Faso
.BG - Bulgaria
.BH - Bahrain
.BI - Burundi
.BJ - Benin
.BM - Bermuda
.BN - Brunei
.BO - Bolivia
.BR - Brazil
.BS - The Bahamas
.BT - Bhutan
.BV - Bouvet Island
.BW - Botswana
.BY - Belarus
.BZ - Belize

.C ...
.CA - Canada
.CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands
.CF - Central African Republic
.CG - Congo
.CH - Switzerland
.CI - Cote d'Ivoire
.CK - Cook Islands
.CL - Chile
.CM - Cameroon
.CN - China
.CO - Colombia
.COM - Worldwide Commercial
.CR - Costa Rica
.CU - Cuba
.CV - Cape Verde
.CX - Christmas Island
.CY - Cyprus
.CZ - Czech Republic

.D ...
.DE - Germany
.DJ - Djibouti
.DK - Denmark
.DM - Dominica
.DO - Dominican Republic
.DZ - Algeria

.E ...
.EC - Ecuador
.EDU - Worldwide Education
.EE - Estonia
.EG - Egypt
.EH - Western Sahara
.ER - Eritrea
.ES - Spain
.ET - Ethiopia

.F ...
.FI - Finland
.FJ - Fiji
.FK - Falklands Islands
.FM - Micronesia
.FO - Faroe Islands
.FR - France
.FX - French, Metropolitan

.G ...
.GA - Gabon
.GD - Grenada
.GE - Georgia
.GF - French Guiana
.GG - Channel Islands: Guernsey, Alderney & Sark
.GH - Ghana
.GI - Gibraltar
.GL - Greenland
.GM - Gambia
.GN - Guinea
.GOV - United States Government: non-military
.GP - Guadeloupe
.GQ - Equatorial Guinea
.GR - Greece
.GS - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
.GT - Guatemala
.GU - Guam
.GW - Guinea-Bissau
.GY - Guyana

.H ...
.HK - Hong Kong
.HM - Heard and Mc Donald Islands
.HN - Honduras
.HT - Haiti
.HU - Hungary

.I ...
.ID - Indonesia
.IE - Ireland
.IL - Israel
.IM - Isle of Man
.IN - India
.IO - British Indian Ocean Territory
.IQ - Iraq
.IR - Iran
.IS - Iceland
.IT - Italy

.J ...
.JE - Channel Islands: Jersey
.JM - Jamaica
.JO - Jordan
.JP - Japan

.K ...
.KE - Kenya
.KG - Kyrgyzstan
.KH - Cambodia
.KI - Kiribati
.KM - Comoros
.KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis
.KP - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
.KR - Korea, Republic of
.KW - Kuwait
.KY - The Cayman Islands
.KZ - Kazakhstan

.L ...
.LA - Laos
.LB - Lebanon
.LC - Saint Lucia
.LI - Liechtenstein
.LK - Sri Lanka
.LR - Liberia
.LS - Lesotho
.LT - Lithuania
.LU - Luxembourg
.LV - Latvia
.LY - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

.M ...
.MA - Morocco
.MC - Monaco
.MD - Moldova
.MG - Madagascar
.MH - Marshall Islands
.MIL - United States Department of Defense
.MK - Macedonia
.ML - Mali
.MM - Myanmar
.MN - Mongolia
.MO - Macao
.MP - Northern Mariana Islands
.MQ - Martinique
.MR - Mauritania
.MS- Montserrat
.MT - Malta
.MU - Mauritius
.MV - Maldives
.MW - Malawi
.MX - Mexico
.MY - Malaysia
.MZ - Mozambique

.N ...
.NA - Namibia
.NC - New Caledonia
.NE - Niger
.NET - Worldwide Network
.NF - Norfolk Island
.NG - Nigeria
.NI - Nicaragua
.NL - Netherlands
.NO - Norway
.NP - Nepal
.NR - Nauru
.NU - Niue
.NZ - New Zealand

.O ...
.OM - Oman
.ORG - Worldwide Organization

.P ...
.PA - Panama
.PE - Peru
.PF - French Polynesia
.PG - Papua New Guinea
.PH - Philippines
.PK - Pakistan
.PL - Poland
.PM - St. Pierre and Miquelon
.PN - Pitcairn
.PR - Puerto Rico
.PT - Portugal
.PW - Palau
.PY - Paraguay

.Q ...
.QA - Qatar

.R ...
.RE - Reunion
.RO - Romania
.RU - Russia
.RW - Rwanda

.S ...
.SA - Saudi Arabia
.SB - Solomon Islands
.SC - Seychelles
.SD - Sudan
.SE - Sweden
.SG - Singapore
.SH - St. Helena
.SI - Slovenia
.SJ - Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
.SK - Slovakia
.SL - Sierra Leone
.SM - San Marino
.SN - Senegal
.SO - Somalia
.SR - Suriname
.ST - Sao Tome and Principe
.SV - El Salvador
.SY - Syria
.SZ - Swaziland

.T ...
.TC - Turks and Caicos Islands
.TD - Chad
.TF - French Southern Territories
.TG - Togo
.TH - Thailand
.TJ - Tajikistan
.TK - Tokelau
.TM - Turkmenistan
.TN - Tunisia
.TO - Tonga
.TP - East Timor
.TR - Turkey
.TT - Trinidad and Tobago
.TV - Tuvalu
.TW - Taiwan
.TZ - Tanzania

.U ...
.UA - Ukraine
.UG - Uganda
.UK - United Kingdom
.UM - United States Minor Outlying Islands
.US - United States
.UY - Uruguay
.UZ - Uzbekistan

.V ...
.VA - Vatican City State
.VC - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.VE - Venezuela
.VG - Virgin Islands (British)
.VI - Virgin Islands (US)
.VN - Vietnam
.VU - Vanuatu

.W ...
.WF - Wallis and Futuna Islands
.WS - Samoa

.Y ...
.YE - Yemen
.YT - Mayotte
.YU - Yugoslavia

.Z ...
.ZA - South Africa
.ZM - Zambia
.ZR - Zaire
.ZW - Zimbabwe
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Here are some related links...

Name: Location:
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| NeoTrace | http://www.tucows.com/ <-- Go to one of these and search for NeoTrace. NeoTrace
| | http://www.download.com/ <-- is a traceroute program that appears to have been
| | bought by McAfee.
| | Neotrace's original website (www.neoworx.com) now
| | shoots to McAfee's website when you go there. However,
| | sites like CNet's download.com and tucows.com should
| | still be able to locate you a copy. - I cannot stress
| | how awesome this program is! Not only will it create a
| | map from your IP's location to the destination IP but
| | it lists every gateway in between and gives you useful
| | information. DOWNLOAD THIS PROGRAM!!
| ARIN WHOIS Database | http://ww1.arin.net/whois/ <-- WHOIS database (IP address lookup: America).
| RIPE WHOIS Database | http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/whois/whois.html <-- WHOIS database (IP address lookup: Europe).
| APNIC WHOIS Database | http://www.apnic.net/search/index.html <-- WHOIS database (IP address lookup: Asia/Pacific).

part 8. [ businesses ]

I didn't want to add this section because I want this document to focus on finding
people, not businesses. I added this section in case finding a business could lead to
you finding a person. Most of these are for the United States so if you're looking for
a business outside the United States then see part 9 of this document [international
resources] because the URLs listed there have both yellow and white page listings.

part 9. [ international resources ]

Many of the resources listed so far have been for the United States.
This section will help you find people world-wide. Some of the best websites
that I have found that offer FREE international listings are WebCrawler,
Infobel & InfoSpace. If you are looking for a person that lives in a country
with yellow or white pages in a language you cannot translate, take a look
at the links at the bottom of this section.

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WebCrawler...

World Directories:
http://www.webcrawler.com/_1_8GRTKS03IRU9H8__info.wbcrwl/wp/intl/index.htm

Canada listings:
http://www.webcrawler.com/_1_8GRTKS03IRU9H8__info.wbcrwl/index_ppl_ca.htm

United Kingdom listings:
http://www.webcrawler.com/_1_8GRTKS03IRU9H8__info.wbcrwl/index_ppl_uk.htm
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Infobel...

World Directories:
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/

North America & Caribbean
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/namc

Europe
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/euro

South & Central America:
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/csam

Asia & Middle East:
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/asia

Africa:
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/afri

Australia & Pacific:
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/apac
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InfoSpace...

World Directories:
http://www.infospace.com/home/white-pages/world/
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If you wish to search for an someone internationally over the phone, one way to
achieve results is to simply call an operator in his/her country/city and ask
for the person. In the past when I have done this, I simply called my own local
operator and asked to be connected to an operator that can help me with an
international listing in City-X, Country-X. The operator then connects you to
an operator in that region of the world. In my experience, you'll be connected
to someone who speaks the language you are speaking, or you can at least say the
word "English" in English or in the dominant language of the country you're
calling. Someone will be able to assist you.

If you don't wish that the person you are looking knows that you are looking for
him/her, simply wait until the operator confirms or denies that a listing exists
with a phone number/address to match the name you gave. If you need the
number/address, write it down, but ask to not be connected. If the operator
connects you automatically, quickly hang up.

Note: Sometimes the operator will be able to admit that someone exists in that
area with the name you provided but wont be able to tell you their contact
information because that person has requested that it not be available for
privacy reasons.

Here are some related links...

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| Google Language Tools | http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en <-- These sites automatically translate web pages from
| Altavista's Babel Fish Translation | http://babelfish.altavista.com/ <-- one language to another. This is very handy if you
| are looking for a person or business that require
| you to search through yellow or white pages that
| are not in your prefered language.

part 10. [ advanced search techniques & caching (IMPORTANT!) ]

If I could only use one of the techniques listed in this document, this technique would
be the one I would choose. This section teaches not only to use search engines and databases
but also teaches how to find people through web pages that don't even exist anymore!

Let's start with search engines. Search engines are now more powerful than ever. Which to use?
I use Google, Google and more Google. Let's face it, Google is the search engine that all
others aspire to be. It has advanced techniques built-in in order to produce the best results
for your search query. Furthermore, many people search for the person they are looking for
strictly using websites that specialize in White Pages. I NEVER stop there. Next time you're
looking for someone, try Googling their name (assuming you know their name). Many times, you
can find out everything from where a person went to school, his/her Facebook/MySpace/Orkut
account, personal/business website, past extracurricular activities and much more. Sometimes
this information may simply have the person's name in a much larger list of names. But this
information can generally lead you to more information that will ultimately become the key to
finding the person you're looking for.

Even if you have only partial information, search for the name(s) that you DO know (with
multiple common spellings & misspellings) with any information that you may have. Example:
"John Springfield High School" or "Smith IBM sales representative Texas". Obviously your
search results will become more narrow when you add more words to the search query. This can
be good and bad. If you come across too few/many results, simply add/remove information in
your query to produce better results. You will find that people whom are more career-motivated
and people who live very active lives will tend to be much easier to find.

But what about information that USED to be on the web that has been removed by its owner?
In this case, don't worry. It is probably still on the web - safe and sound. Sometimes, for
example, when you click one of your desired results from a Google search, you will find
that the web page with the information you need no longer is on the website! What to do? Go
back to the previous page with Google's search results and click "Cached" under the link
description. Many people never pay attention to this option or don't even know what it is for.
Google "caches" (saves) a copy of all the text (not the pictures) that were on the page
before it was taken down by its owner.

Random considerations:
1) Google will generally provide several promising search results on each search result page.
Consider opening each of these in new tabs/windows in order to move much quicker.
2) If the person's name is not very common, you'll have a much higher chance of finding
him/her.
3) Try searching for the person in Google Images (http://images.google.com). Sometimes the
face of the person you're looking for will pop up on your first few results pages. If this
happens, you know you've found a page that is definitely going to give you information about
the same "John Doe" that you were looking for.
4) To narrow your search even further, know that most search engines on the WWW have an
"Advanced Search" available that will allow you to be extremely specific and produce
higher-quality results.

The next outstanding resource is called the Wayback Machine (URL below).
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
The Wayback Machine caches just about any web page that you can find on the WWW and allows
you to see what that page looked like (including pictures) on certain dates. This can be
particularly helpful when it appears that a web page has been altered in some way that
would make the person you are looking for less findable. For an example of how web pages
and their information change drastically over time, search Wayback Machine for this web
site (www.travelersunite.com).

The one downside to caching machines such as the Wayback Machine is that they are sometimes
restricted to a common security measure known as robots.txt. A file named robots.txt is simply
placed at the webserver's root directory (i.e. http://www.some-random-place.net/robots.txt as
opposed to http://www.some-random-place.net/whitepages/robots.txt) which states which kind of
web spiders (automated scanning & caching programs used by search engines, etc) are able to
probe their servers and cache targeted information. For example, as of the time of this
writing, I am unable to use Wayback Machine to show what my friend's MySpace page used to look
like. This is probably because MySpace knows that people sometimes place sensative information
such as home addresses and credit card information on the WWW and MySpace wants to protect
their users from abuse of this type of sensative information.

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----CREDITS & INFORMATION:
Written and compiled by Emile Phaneuf, other sources were accreditted throughout
this document.

----LAST UPDATED:
November 18, 2007

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http://www.travelersunite.com/find_people.html. If you found this tutorial on
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information, corrections, or dead links to me at the e-mail listed on this
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