subject: Alternative Options To Bt Directory Enquiries [print this page] Today, finding people is no longer just delegated to BT directory enquiries. In the past, most people looking for old acquaintances and trying to get their recent location and home phone number will do an address search using this directory. BT, or the British Telecom telephone directory was reliable enough for the time, but since the by-products of the advancement of technology are all around us, we might as well use them to our advantage.
The internet is home to many online directories that can replace BT directory enquiries. You can find a postcode, do an address search or get the phone number of people you are looking for with just a few easy steps.
Most online directories can offer features like address search, find a postcode, find phone number or find the name of the person. If you have the name of the person but you want to find their address and phone number, you can use this information in the search. To make your search more comprehensive, make sure you know the complete name of the person. Keep in mind that a lot of results will show up in your search if you are searching using a very common name. If you have the phone number of the person you have in mind, and you only want to get their address to send a package, you can also use the phone number as additional information to narrow down the search. A postcode also helps. Just input the postcode to come up with more accurate results.
If you have a name and an address but the address is lacking a postcode, the find a postcode feature in online directories can help. Sending a package or a postcard to that person is now easier with this feature.
Another good alternative to using BT directory enquiries is electoral roll. A lot of online directories actually use the database of electoral roll to make their searches more comprehensive and accurate.
Basically, an electoral roll is a compilation of the names, addresses and phone numbers of people at or over the age of 18. If you are looking for a person who is at the voting age, you will most likely find them on an online directory that makes use of the electoral roll. Electoral rolls are frequently updated so new registered voters are included. The electoral roll used by online directories today makes use of records that dates way back to 1999. Finding people who are registered voters from 1999 is possible with this system.
However, there are a few caveats to using this system. First, you need to have the recent address of the person you are looking for. Since the data is updated regularly, old addresses are changed to the new ones. However, there are private companies that will allow users to have more comprehensive search through a membership program. That means you can use the old address and the system might be able to link you with the new listed address of the person you are looking for. Local authorities have electoral rolls so you might be thinking that you can just head to the electoral office and have it checked. However, the law prevents random people from accessing information from the updated electoral roll. Your best bet is to use the services of online directories.
Also, you need to know the constituency of the current address of the person you are looking for. This process requires constituency details. If there have been changes in the constituency in the past few years, you might want to check out with the Boundary Commission reports that can be found in the British Library Quick Reference Collection. After getting the correct constituency, you can start your research and get better results.
There are certain facts not included in the electoral roll. Those people who are members of the House of Lords, foreign national residents, mental health patients, and prisoners do not have their information registered here. There are also others who have personally requested their information be removed from the electoral roll.
If your BT directory enquiries did not yield great results, you can try a more advanced address search. Find a postcode, online address and online phone number directories are ideal places to start your search.
