Thanks so much, Lily. Everything we try leads us right back to Peoplesmart or Italius. My friend already paid money to PeopleSmart, whereupon they told him they really had no info on the person listed. What a racket! Sorry I was not clear before. I feel I have exhausted the Internet, including Ancestry. What I need is for a LOCAL person to check the phone books or call a local library that would still hold the slightly older ones. I have a clue that he might have moved up to White Plains ca 2002. Or he may be dead (and not in SS death index), and his widow (probably Josephine) is now out on Long Island. Thank you all for all your tries. Elizabeth > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:20:00 +0200 > From: "Lilly Martin" <nezars@aloola.sy> > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] how to find living people > > Hello Elizabeth and all others, > > Usually we are looking for dead relatives but sometimes we need to find > relatives who are alive. > > http://veromi.net This website is FREE to search. > Go ahead and do a search on yourself, or people you know. You will find > them, their relatives listed, usually spouse and kids, but sometimes a > parent. > You will find the places they have lived. > Use the information as your 'base' to begin investigating. > > www.zabasearch.com This website is FREE to search. You will find people, > their address and sometimes telephone numbers. You will find a bit of > 'history', for example birth date, or year, and their will be a date given > sometimes to a particular address. For example: you might find several > addresses listed for the same person, but one will be dated 2001 and the > next 2009. So you can work on the newer address. > > After you do veromi, then zabasearch, then progress to a more normal > "phone-book" which would be for example: www.anywho.com , or there are > others. Maybe google for "online telephone address directory". > > DO NOT forget FACEBOOK. I have found everyone on facebook. Even people in > the 80's are on, trying to stay in touch with grandkids, and other > relatives. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > does anyone have a way to find live people there? > > > > Yes, I have his Naturalization record off Ancestry and an address dating > > between 1950 and 1990, but I want something current. > > > > Thanks so much for any help. > > > > Elizabeth W. Knowlton