You know, libraries often have old phone books. Maybe that would be helpful for the DC Madam's list?

[originalpckelly]

:shrug:

[malaise]

1. So do old aunts and uncles

They never throw them out. :D

[dweller]

2. they also have printed reverse lookup phone books

so they might be helpful.

dp

[originalpckelly]

4. And many libraries have those old phone books for all across the country.

I think we're going to end up using those by the time this is all said and done.

[BlooInBloo]

3. I can't remember the last time I so much as *touched* a print telephone book.

[originalpckelly]

5. OH! I just thought: some telephone companies put out CD-Rom phone books!

It might be possible to get those on eBay for the years and locations we need to find numbers for.

[dweller]

9. ever used one of those cd's ?

Bellsouth supplied one with a new phone book years ago. Inserting it in my computer locked it up, and all it was were pdf files of every page of the phone book. Good luck flipping through them...

they might have updated the way they opererated since then, but i've just tossed them ever since.
dp

[knight_of_the_star]

6. Anyone in DC willing to dig through all the phone books in question?

[Warpy]

7. Somebody posted this yesterday. It's a reverse lookup

http://www.whitepages.com/10001/reverse_phone

[originalpckelly]

10. I'm using a service affiliated with that one. It's been rather unsatifactory...

plus it's current, and that means I can't be certain the numbers I find are for people who currently have the phone number.

[Emit]

8. Wouldn't it have to be a reverse listing book?

When I worked doing labor market research long ago, we had a special book, I think through the city or something, where you could look up the number to get the physical address. Otherwise, you have to know who to look up first in a traditional phone book.

[originalpckelly]

11. Indeed, that would be absolutely necessary.

That's probably why someone who lives in the places these numbers are from must go to their library and look this up.

[TahitiNut]

12. Realtors often have those.

:shrug:

[originalpckelly]

13. Of course you can't walk into a realtor's office for free. If someone on DU is from DC...

and is a realtor that would help!

[Emit]

15. CALLING ON ALL DC REALTORS TO CHECK IN! n/t

[TahitiNut]

16. I'm guessing real estate offices all over D.C. have been having a ball ...

... with the agents looking up the numbers. In the pre-PC days, it was a paper reverse directory. I'm guessing it's now on their MLS service-provider's site.

My uncle was an agent and then a broker here in the Northwest Detroit suburbs about 30 years ago and I'd brwose it every once in a while. He'd use it for FSBO's and other things.

[Ian David]

14. ZabaSearch.com ReversePhoneDirectory.com also very good.

Also, Citizens for Legitimate Governent is working on that project.

[Kingofalldems]

17. Perhaps the freepers would like to look up some numbers

:rofl: