Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 15 Jun 91 21:02:11 GMT From: Don Froula Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Does a National Phonebook Exist? Message-ID: Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Hgts, IL Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 460, Message 7 of 7 Lines: 20 wallyk@bicycle.wv.tek.com (Wally Kramer) writes: > Is there a ``phonebook'' which covers everywhere in the U.S.? > Electronic, CD-ROM, 900-FIND-THEM :-) or whatever (even paper). > I'd like to track down some college buddies, but I don't have clue as > to what city some of them are in. > [Moderator's Note: No, there is no single phone directory covering the > entire USA in any media. But any large metropolitan library will have > a huge collection of out of town phone books you can review. PAT] The Phone File database on Compuserve is a national database that is supposed to include information from all US phone directories. It is also supplemented from other public domain sources. It can be searched for a name on a state by state (but not national) basis. I've used it to successfully track down people and for geneology research on several occasions.