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The Internet is a great way to track down people, from old time friends, checking up on a doctor, or an employee. Some are free, some charge. The rates and terms are subject to change.
Classmates
www.classmates.com compiles lists on
graduates. They contain about 38,000,000 from 130,000 schools, going back
50 years. Free to browse, $39 annually for membership to make contact.
An alternate method is to contact your schools' website to get alumni relations
email address or phone.
Lost friends
Search engines offer tremendous power. Advanced searches using the
full name and unique details such as occupation, city of residence, etc.
You may wish to use more than one search engine to help you in this process.
Veterans
Us Dept of Defense will supply mailing addresses for servicemen on active
duty. Free to immediate family and government officials, $3.50 for all
others.
http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/
www.VetFriends.com is a national
military membership organization. For an annual fee of 25, you can search
the organization's registry and contact others.
US Dept of Veteran Affairs ahs a website where they will forward a letter to any
veteran registered with them. www.va.gov
National Personnel Records Center provides info on deceases servicemen and
women. Information generally is free ut may incur a fee depending on the
search.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/
White page phone directory
www.switchboard.com
www.whitepages.com
www.canada41.com (for Canadian listings
only)
www.freeality.com/findet.htm
Note: info on the free sites can often be a year old. If the person has moved, a paid site is updated more frequently. http://555-1212.com charges $22.99 for 100 searches.
Digging up an email address:
http://www.theultimates.com/email/
www.iaf.net/frames/freeresources.htm
Checking up on your doctor
State licensing boards can be found through the American Medical Association
at
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2645.html
Lawyers
American Bar Association has a link to the disciplinary agency in each state.
www.abanet.org/cpr/regulation/scpd/disciplinary.html
Criminal Records Check
Federal Bureau of Prisons has a database
on current and former federal prisoners since 1982.
www.bop.gov is the website, go to link on
Inmate Info
www.crimetime.com publishes crime-related information, offering links to databases of names/address of convicted sex offenders ine ach state.