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Our Online Reference Library is a selection of 100s of websites chosen, organised and maintained by library professionals to answer your questions. Resources marked with * can only be accessed within a Lancashire Library.

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This is the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide. This online version includes entries from the Who's Who Archives dating back to 1898. Access is possible at any Lancashire Library People's Network PC or from any PC using the barcode from your Lancashire Library card.
This directory will search web sites, blogs, images and directories, social media and networking sites for a person by name.
This website includes electoral registers from 2002 for the country, telephone numbers, location maps, a business locator and more. There are charges for the premium services on this site. It now also includes access to birth, death and marriage records from 1837-2003 and the 1861 census via Findmypast.com.
This website is intended to be the first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place in the UK. THe site is run by the BAAF charity.
The BT site which also gives access to the directory enquiries service for residential and business phone numbers.
This email verification tool connects to the mail server and checks whether the mailbox exists or not.
Using this site businesses and individuals can register fax numbers on which they do not wish to receive direct marketing faxes.
Finerday is a social networking site for families and older people which is safe and simple to use. It enable you to set up a closed network where you can share messages and photos with your friends and family.
Forces Reunited is the largest British Armed Forces Community on the web. It is more than just a reunion site, with free services such as forums, military news and photo gallery.
Friends Reunited is a social site that enables you to find old friends and stay in touch with your past. You can keep friends and family up-to-date with your profile, share photos, share videos and celebrate big events. Find and chat with people who share your hobbies and interests or went to the same school, college or society.
This site provides links to telephone directories worldwide - white and yellow pages. It also includes areas of the UK such as the Isle of Man the Channel Islands etc.
Find the international dialling code or find a location abroad by searching the dialling code. Also includes time zones, country information and internal area codes and country operator information.
This website is the joint initiative of 7 UK organisations (including the Police and salvation army), set up to make it easier for you to find help and advice in tracing missing persons, locating relatives, searching parents.
Using this site businesses can register addresses where they do not wish to receive direct marketing mailings.
The charity, Missing People, provides support for missing children, vulnerable adults and families left in limbo. We offer families of the missing specialist advice and practical support with searching .
It's a free and instant on-line messaging service designed to help you contact missing persons, old friends, distant relatives and armed forces colleagues
Claiming to be the world’s largest Muslim social network, the Pakistan-based Naseeb.com – meaning “destiny” in Arabic — connects “young, educated, professional Muslims through networks of friends” for purposes from business networking to marriage, including those who prefer not to “date around” for religious reasons.
Ning describes itself as "a free online service for cloning, customizing and sharing Social Web Apps". In effect it's a service for creating social networking sites. To use the service you need to register but this is free.
Numberway has been created and is maintained independently by Robert Hoare. On this free site you can find international white pages and yellow pages phone books, and search online directory enquiries. It's useful for numbers for parts of the UK such as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Over 50s Social Networking, Senior activities and clubs. This social site for "active seniors" is free to use, but some additional services (e.g. Dating) require a subscription.
A pay per view based online resource for tracing names and addresses of UK citizens via the edited version of the electoral Register and other sources. Includes current and historical data from 2002.
Search the UK phone books for Residential and Business numbers. Includes lists of UK and international dialling codes.
This directory will search web sites, blogs, images and directories, social media and networking sites for a person by name.
Postwatch is an independent organisation, set up to ensure that post offices, Parcelforce, Royal Mail and any competing postal providers, give the best possible service.
This site is dedicated to exploring UK postcodes, and gives you free tools to find postcodes by county or by town or area name, calculate distances between postcodes and view the location of any UK postcodes on a map. You can also find out information on any UK postcode, such as routes to and from the area and local statistics. It does not give postcodes for individual addresses.
A postcode and address finder from the Royal Mail. The service is free but registration is required and searches are restricted to 12 in any 24 hour period.
Queery.org is a community-driven directory for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans life With listings and links for services and resources, scene and non-scene, community and voluntary, commercial and business - support and information, town and country UK-wide.
Created by the Saga travel and insurance group, Sagazone is a free social networking site for the over 50s, which is very easy to use.
Established in 1885, this people finding agency has reunited many families separated by many years and countries.
Scuttlepad is a social networking website designed for young users and is intended to create a safe online space for children aged 6-11. The site is laid out very simply, but including all a child needs to learn the basics of social networking and, unlike other childrens' social networks, is free from extraneous games, activities, or adverts. All content is closely monitored and controlled: Uploaded photos are manually reviewed and status updates and comments are created only through a pre-approved list of words. This site also include assistance for parental control.
From this site you can register phone numbers (both residential and business) from which you don't wish to receive direct marketing calls.
WikiWorldBook provides a free people search and online address book, which enables users to try to find lost relatives and friends, and for them to be found via search engines and contacted via message gateway, yet maintain their privacy.
Twitter Search enables you to find out what people are discussing without having to have a twitter account. You can use it to "police your reputation" and see what people are saying about you.
Vegppl is a social networking site, where you can make friends, share photos, create groups and join campaigns. Designed with vegetarians and vegans in mind, it is useful for anyone interested in Fair Trade, Ethical and Green consumption.
Who Knows Who is Channel 4’s new website which shows who is connected to who in public life. Choose a person, e.g. a politician, to view a map of everyone they're linked to professionally, educationally or personally.
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