WHO CAN FIND PEOPLE?
Ongoing current information and resources for genealogists, family
historians and researchers to FIND People, Places and Things.

CURRENT INFORMATION
National Genealogical Society: Standards for Sharing Information with Others
WikiWorldBook: Free People Search & Global Open Address Book

ASSOCIATIONS - CLUBS - INDIVIDUAL GROUPS: Organization
ASSOCIATIONS: ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership
* Associations on the Net
  Internet public library guide of
  organizations and associations.
* Directory of Associations
  Comprehensive source of information on professional,
  business,  trade associations, 501c non-profit organizations,
  chambers of commerce, charity and community institutions.
* Fraternal and Service Organizations
  - Cyndi's List - Societies & Groups - Fraternal Organizations
  - Fraternal Organizations: Societies and Sororities
  - Freemasonry
    - Centre for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
      - Genealogical Records
    - Masonic Resources Worldwide on the Net
  - Friendly Society
* Idealist.org - The Nonprofit World
* Trade Union
  - List of Trade Unions
* Union of International Associations (UIA)
  - UIA Online Databases
    - International Organizations Online
      - Yearbook of International Organizations
        - Selected links to International Organizations
* Young Men's Christian Association International Links
  Worldwide national autonomous service
  movements, committed to building a
  positive future for youth and families.
  - YMCA Archives

CLUBS: Club
* 4-H: 4-H World Atlas - 4-H USA - 4-H History
* Ford Genealogy Club
* GenCircles
  Surname clubs, USA clubs
  and world country clubs.
* Genealogy Research Club
  Forum for genealogy information exchange.
* International Genealogy Meetups: Map of Genealogy Meetups
  Events, clubs and groups worldwide,
  for genealogists, in your area.
* Newcomers Club Worldwide Directory
  Locate clubs and organizations designed
  to give people and parents new to an area,
  the opportunity to meet and develop friendships
  with others who now live in the area.
* Rotary International
  Global network of
  community volunteers.

INDIVIDUAL GROUPS:
* Scouting: Portal:Scouting
  - Boy Scouts of America®: History of Merit Badges - List of Eagle Scouts
    Quality youth programs: Tiger Cubs,
    Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing.
  - World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
    Responsible world citizens through
    action and activity in the community.
  - World Organization of the Scout Movement
    Millions of scouts, youth and adults, boys
    and girls, in 216 countries and territories.
  - World Wide Scouting Penpals
    Scouting, guiding, stamp
    and badge trading.
* Seniors: Old Age
  - AARP®
  - CoolGrandma.com
  - Elderly & Senior Care
  - Retirement Living Information Center
  - Retirement Net
  - SeniorJournal.com
  - Senior Links
  - SeniorNet®
  - Wired Seniors


BABIES (Infant) - CHILDREN (Child)
KIDS - TEENS < SAFE FAMILIES:
* Adoption: Encyclopedia of Adoption
  - AAC - Adoption-Related Sites
  - Adoption 101.com
  - Adoption and Genealogy (pdf)
  - Adoption History Project
  - Adoption Records
  - Cyndi's List - Adoption
  - International Adoption
  - International Soundex Reunion Registry
  - National Council For Adoption
  - Pregnancy Center Network - Heartbeat International
  - Reunite.com
* Celebrity Baby Blog
* Cyndi's List - Kids & Teens
* Find a Parent or Child - United Kingdom
  Help find dad, mum, son, daughter, father,
  mother, adopted or lost parent or child.
* Global Missing Children's Network
  Numerous web sites that share a multilingual
  search database filled with missing children's
  photographs and information.
  - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
    Resources for the United States.
    - CodeAmber.org
      Amber alert system in the
      United States of America.
* Marriage and Family Ties: Fun Stuff and Games
  - Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media
    - Other Interesting Sites: Academic Children's Literature Studies Sites
  - Child and Family WebGuide - Parent Info on Child Development Research: Topics By Age
  - Global Alliance - National Association for the Education of Young Children
    - National Association for the Education of Young Children (USA)
      - Kids Count: Annie E. Casey Foundation:
        United States benchmarks of child well-being.
      - Kids.gov: U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal.
  - Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative
    Blog for global kids' online leadership program.
  - International Children's Digital Library
  - MediaWise®
    Provides information about the impact of media on children
    and gives people who care about children the resources
    they need to make informed choices.
  - Totally Wired
    What teens and tweens are really doing online.  Blog resource
    for parents, aunts, uncles, teachers, librarians youth workers or
    any adult trying to decode what teens are doing online and with
    technology.  Totally Wired arms adults with the language and
    knowledge to address the real issues of raising tweens and teens
    who have grown up with the Internet and cell phones.  By providing
    adults with a greater understanding of the what their kids are really
    doing on the internet and how they are using technology, Totally Wired
    will give adults the to ability to set realistic boundaries necessary to keep
    children safe.  . . . "To me, this is clearly a parenting issue -- and it
    starts early since kids can begin playing games either on CD-ROM
    or online as early as age 3 (probably even earlier than that!).
* Poverty or Provident Living
  Need, typically including the necessities of daily
  living (food, clothing, shelter, and health care).
  Besides the deprivation of essential goods and
  services, need can include the loss of normal
  social relationships by social exclusion,
  dependency by legal guardianship,
  or other inability to actively and
  freely participate in society.
  - Almshouse
  - And Now My Soul Is Hardened (book)
    Abandoned children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930.
  - Asylum Project
    - Historic Asylums of America
  - Charitable Organization
  - Child Labor
  - Child Welfare Information Gateway (USA)
  - Industrial and Reformatory Schools
    England, Scotland and Wales.
  - International Save the Children Alliance
    - Save the Children
      Helping children in poverty
      and children in need.
  - MDG MONITOR
    Tracking the millennium
    development goals.
    - Achieve Universal Primary Education
    - Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
  - Orphanage: Orphan
    - Cyndi's List - Orphans
    - Foundling Museum
      Britain's original home
      for abandoned children.
  - Poorhouse
    - Cyndi's List - Poorhouses & Poverty
    - Poorhouse Story - USA
  - Social Welfare Provision
  - Workhouse: History of the Workhouse


COMMUNITY FORUMS and CHAT DIRECTORIES:
Community: Portal:Community - Topic Outline of Community
CHAT and INSTANT MESSAGING: Online Chat: Chat Room
* AIM®.com
* Begat Chat
* Cyndi's List - Chat & IRC
* GENDIR: Message Boards & Chat Genealogy
* Genealogy.com: Chat
* Gentracers Gen Chat (UK)
* Google™ Talk
  Chat online and make free Internet calls.
* ICQ: ICQ® everybody, everywhere™
  Community, people search
  and messaging service.
* Instant Messaging: meebo.com
  Free instant messaging from absolutely anywhere:
  home, campus, work, or traveling worldwide.  Use
  any computer to access friends on AIM®, Yahoo!®,
  MSN®, Google™ Talk, ICQ® and Jabber®.  Chat
  with everyone, with no downloads or installs required.
  - Comparison of Instant Messaging Clients
* Internet Relay Chat
  - IRC for Beginners
    - IRChelp.org Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
* Jabber® Open Instant Messaging
* Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
* RootsChat.com
  Easy to use messaging forum for everyone
  researching their family history or local history.
  The focus is on Ireland and the British Isles.
* Wilibrord's Genealogy Chat Sites
* Windows Live™ Messenger
* Yahoo!® Messenger - Chat, Instant message, SMS, PC Calls
  - Yahoo!® Chat
    - Yahoo!® Groups : Genealogy Chat Friends

INTERNET FORUMS (MESSAGE BOARDS): Internet Forum
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists: Usenet and Mailing List Posting Netiquette
Surname Newsgroups: Blogs, Genealogy Newsletters and Periodicals
* Ancestry Message Boards
* British Genealogy Forums
* CousinConnect.com (Queries)
  - Post a Query at CousinConnect
* Cyndi's List - Newsgroups
* Cyndi's List - Queries & Message Boards
* Electronic Mail [E-mail]: Email Etiquette
  - Genealogy Mailing Lists
    - Cyndi's List - Mailing Lists
    - David's Genealogy Discussion Lists
      Mailing list helps at bottom of this site.
    - Genealogy Mailing Lists: Surnames
    - RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists
      - RootsWeb.com User Mailing Lists
    - Uncategorized Mailing Lists
* EOGN Forum - Index
  - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
* Family Tree Forum: Forums
    Research and socialize in a safe,
    friendly and helpful environment.
* Family Tree™ Magazine Forum
* FamilySearch.org - Share My Genealogy
* GENDIR: Message Boards & Chat Genealogy
* GENDIR: Village - Genealogy Message Board
* Genealogy Forum: Message Boards
* Genealogy Mailing Lists & Newsgroups
* GenealogyForum.Com (moving)
* GenForum by Genealogy.com
* Google™ Groups
  Quickly access your favorite groups,
  start new discussions or begin new groups.
  - Google™ Groups Directory
    - culture - Google™ Groups
      - Google™ Groups: soc.culture
    - genealogy - Google™ Groups
      - Google™ Groups: soc.genealogy
    - history - Google™ Groups
      - Google™ Groups: soc.history
* MySpace.com®: MySpace.com®
  - genealogy - MySpace All MySpace Search
    Displays over 349,000 "genealogy" results.
  - genealogy groups - MySpace All MySpace Search
    Displays over 5,350 "genealogy groups" results.
  - genealogy - MySpace Images Search
    Displays over 275 "genealogy" images.
* Netscape® Forum Center
  - Family - Genealogy Forum
* Pedigree and Lineage Networking: Family Trees
* PeopleSite.com: Search Community
* Soc.genealogy.* Newsgroups
* Surname Newsgroups: Blogs
* Usenet Genealogy Archives
* Yahoo!® Groups: Yahoo!® Groups
  - Yahoo!® Groups : Directory : Genealogy
  - Yahoo!® Groups : Directory : History


FIND FACTS: PEOPLE and PLACES: Fact Monster™ - People
REGIONAL:
* 192.com - UK Directory Enquiry Service
* MetaEmailSearchAgent
  MetaGer: die MetaSuche über
  deutschsprachige suchmaschinen.
* Tracing Living People
  British Library social
  sciences collection guide.
   - tracinglivingpeople (pdf)

UNITED STATES:
  - Addresses.com™
    People search, yellow - white pages
    and reverse phone lookup.
  - Affiliated Background Searches, Inc.
    Thousands of databases
    and billions of records.
  - AnyWho Directories by AT &T Labs - USA
    White pages, yellow pages, maps and directions.
  - EDGAR® Pro
    Full access to real-time, comprehensive
    SEC filing information, all in one place,
    all in easy to comprehend formats.
  - Find A Friend
    People search locator.
  - Find People At YBLost.com
    Investigate: search records and people.
    - David's World
  - Global Information Services
    Find information, people and records fast.  Search
    records, receive verified results the same day.
  - Intelius
    United States public records source.
  - MyLife.com
    Find old friends, family, lost loves,
    military buddies or anyone.
  - People Finder Report on Westlaw
    Locate anyone with just a name
    and a state, ZIP Code or SSN.
  - PeopleFind.com
    Find anyone instantly online.
  - Pretrieve: Free Public Record Search Engine
    Find people, property, criminal and civil cases,
    and other background check information quickly,
    easily and free.
  - PrivateEye
    People search, background checks,
    find public records and people.
  - Ultimates
    Phone books, email
    directories and trip planners.
  - US Search.com
    People search and background checks.
  - USA People Search
    Find people and public records.
  - USA.gov -- United States -- Citizen Gateway
    Locate government offices and services in your local
    community, region or state.  Find farmers markets,
    social security offices, post offices, police departments,
    substance abuse treatment centers, veterans facilities,
    or state and local agencies by topic.
    - Family, Home and Community for Citizens on USA.gov
  - Whowhere™  People Search
    White pages free USA people search people finder.
  - WhitePages.com™
    Find people for free and
    connect with confidence.
  - Yahoo!® People Search
    United States information.
  - ZabaSearch.com - Search Engine
    Find everything available on the
    web about yourself or someone else.

WORLDWIDE:
* 123people.com
  Free people search; find the public records of everyone.
  Includes images, videos, phone numbers, email addresses,
  social networking, Wikipedia profiles and much more.
* Around People Finder - Worldwide
* AnyWho Directories by AT&T Labs
  International white pages and yellow pages.
* Cyndi's List - Finding People
* Docusearch
  Free investigative searches and links.
* FamilyLink.com
  Family of services that includes WorldVitalRecords.com,
  FamilyLink.com, WebTree.com, and the We’re Related
  and MyFamily applications on Facebook.
* Find a Person & Email Search
  AnyWho, ZoomInfo, MIT, Linked In,
  Face Book, Yelp, Plaxo, Plurk and Ning.
* Free People Search Online
  Step-by-Step Guide is tailored to the complete
  beginner but contains tips, tricks, and information
  that even expert users will find useful and informative.
  Tools & Resources will provide tools, links, and resources
  to particular types of information.
* FreeSearching.com
* Find and connect with people, alumni, public records,
  worldwide phone directories and country information.
* InfoSpace® World Directories
  Find people and businesses world-wide.
* LexisNexis® ChoicePoint
  Risk management, identity authentication,
  business and nonprofit software, to obtain
  actionable intelligence to help clients make
  critical business decisions with confidence
  and speed.
* LinkedIn® [Linked in]: Relationships Matter
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z more
  Online world network of experienced professionals.
* Lists of Lists Category
  - Lists of People: People by NAME
  - Lists of Places
* People Search Links
  Comprehensive guide to finding people free online.
* Pipl - People Search
  Comprehensive people search on the web.
  Unlike a typical search-engine, Pipl is designed
  to retrieve information in real-time from the deep
  web, to interact with searchable databases and
  extract facts, contact details and other relevant
  information from personal profiles, member
  directories, scientific publications, court records
  and numerous other deep-web sources.
* Searchenginez: Find Someone
  Select resources for serious searchers.
* skipease.com
  People search network.
* Telephone Directories Worldwide
* Top Search Engines and Directories
  Genealogy and family history
  Internet portals and browsers.
* WikiWorldBook
  Free people search and
  global open address book.
* Worldwide Postal Information
  E-mail and worldwide snail mail helps.
* Ziggs™ Search for Professionals
  Organize and connect with
  people in a professional way.
* Zoominfo
  Business information search engine,
  with profiles on more than 45 million
  people and 5 million companies.


GENEALOGICAL and SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: Portal:Society
Web-based "Federated Independent Genealogical and Family History Web Societies,"
joined together but independently operated, can provide automatic internal search
services and automatic online submissions of data to all major search engines, asap.
Fees generated from local society membership can fund individual sites, with a worldwide
umbrella organization providing centralized resources; paid by general advertising
revenues obtained from local or regional organizations: cities, counties, states or
nations; clubs, fraternal organizations, etc.; in a quid pro quo mutual arrangement.
Each independent genealogical organization and family history society should provide
local online free web space, for any individual or sub-group having database information
relevant to said organizations, of either a historical or genealogical nature; becoming
thereby, the primary review authority for certification of local and regional genealogical
and history record depositories/standards, with power to credential, under the auspices
of area licensing agencies and international standards bureaus.  Offer local services
via television or radio commercials for non profits; be a sponsored agency of a local
newspaper in return for publishing periodic commentary of local civic dignitaries; be
an established link to a local club or social organization; become registered as a legal
not-for-profit organization, eligible thereby for gift contributions from estates, fund drives
and the like.  Become a contact point for local educational institutions, providing
"history and genealogy" nation based patriotic programs for primary and secondary
school systems within a given region.
* Cyndi's List:
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* EvaluationWiki
  Compendium of up-to-date information and
  resources, for everyone involved or interested
  in the science and practice of evaluation.
* Family History Society
  Family History Society is a society, often charitable
  or non-profit making, where genealogists and family
  historians can profit from shared knowledge.
* Federation of Family History Societies
  - Contacting Members
* Genealogist's Address Book (2009)
  6th Edition: Genealogical Publishing Company.
* Genealogical Society, Family Societies, and Historical Societies
* International Internet Genealogical Society
* Rhetoric: Portal:Rhetoric
  - Rhetoric Society of America - American Rhetoric
* Robert's Rules of Order Official Web Site
  - Robert's Rules Online
    Parliamentary procedure and parliamentarians.
* Society Hill Directory of Genealogy and History Societies
  Online directories: Australia, Canada and the United States.
* Society Hall and Federation of Genealogical Societies
* Society of Genealogists - UK
* Toastmasters International


LIVING BIOGRAPHY and SPECIALTY SITES:
Archontology - Biography - Portal:Biography
* Biographical Dictionary: Who's Who
  - Marquis Who'sWho®
* Celebrity:
  - Celebrity 100 - Forbes.com
  - Topix - People Directory
* Cyndi's List - Famous People
* Forbes Lists - People and More
* History and Social Studies: Biography
* In Pictures: Five Social Networking Sites Of The Wealthy
* Lists of People: People by NAME
* Living FAMILY and FUN Portal
* NNDB: Tracking the Entire World
* People Topics from Answers.com™
* Reunions: Family, Friends and Military
* Who's Alive and Who's Dead
  Keep track of which famous people
  have died and which are still alive.
* World Rulers - Kings Presidents Prime Ministers of the World
  - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
  - Rulers
  - World Statesmen
  - Zárate's Political Collections (ZPC)


TELECOMMUNICATION and COMMUNICATION:
* Communication - Topic Outline of Communication
  - Communication Tools - Global: - The Communication Initiative Network
    - Person-to-Person --- Global
* Telecommunication: Portal:Telecommunication - Topic Outline of Telecommunication
  - Fax
    Transfer copies (facsimiles) of documents over the telephone network.
  - History of Telecommunication
  - TEL: .tel at Telnic | The Home of .tel
    - Telnic | .tel for Business
    - Telnic | .tel for Individuals
  - Telecommunication: Global Directory 
    Major worldwide telecommunication operators, equipment manufacturers,
    funding bodies, research & development organizations; also international
    and regional telecommunication organizations.


TELEPHONE COMPANIES and DIRECTORIES WORLDWIDE: Telephone
* Telephone Company
  - Cellular Network
    - Mobile Phone
      - 1-800-GOOG-411
        Find and connect with local
        businesses for free from your phone.
    - History of Mobile Phones
    - Mobile Phone Networks
      - List of Mobile Network Operators Worldwide
       - Mobile Network Code
  - List of Telephone Operating Companies Worldwide
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z
  - Skype™: Skype™
    Make free phone calls - all over
    the world, via the Internet.
* Telephone Directory
  - AnyWho
    Internet directory assistance; yellow pages,
    white pages, toll-free numbers, maps and directions.
  - Internet 800 Directory™
    Free, toll free, 800 and 888 listings
    of businesses by company, number
    and type of industry.
  - International Telephone Directories
  - Numberway
    Free white pages, people search
    and international phone books.
  - Phonebooks of the World.com
    Search by country.
  - Search Directories & Member Lists Records - Ancestry.com
    Printed directories of various types have been joined
    in recent years by electronic databases of individuals
    with addresses and phone numbers.
  - Switchboard®
    Digital directory.
  - Yahoo!® Directory of Phone Numbers and Addresses
  - Yellow Pages: List of Yellow Pages Worldwide
    - yellowbook.com
      USA yellow pages and phone book services.
* Telephone History and Related Articles
  Telephone history and related information.
  - American Experience: The Telephone
  - AT&T: American Telephone & Telegraph
  - Bell System: Bell System Memorial
  - History of Mobile Phones
  - History of the Telephone
  - Invention of the Telephone
  - Telephone Collectors International: Links
  - Telephone Exchange
    - Telephone EXchange Name Project
    - Telephone Switchboard
  - Telephone Tribute
  - Timeline of the Telephone
* Telephone Number: Area Codes: Telephone Numbering Plan
  - Area Code Locations: Maps
    Locations for each area code in
    the US, Canada and the Caribbean.
  - Country Calling Codes: International
  - Country Codes & International Area Codes for Dialing Abroad
  - Reverse Phone Directory
    Find people by home phone
    number and cell phone number.