opas Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 I have tried to do a search in pages blanche.....started with the phone book itself,then realised it is not set out as we kow it in the UK ie,Alpabeticaly,well it is ,by town then by name.I want to look if there are any other families in the region or indeed the whole of france with our surname,It is a very unusual one and being of Irish decent there were only 10 listed in greater manchester,so should be less than that in france.I am not asking out of curiosity, We think that someone is trying to claim benefit using our name,or that we have been mixed up with a family of the same name....very unlikely,due to a letter we received yesterday .Is there a simple way of doing this search without going through every region? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 My knowledge is minimal, however, have you tried http://http://www.quidonc.fr/pi.cgi?portail=quidoncGood luck, it sounds a bit scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pb.cgi EG just type in Smith and the Dept no, for example 16 and all the Smith's that are not ex directory in the 16 will be shown. This was handy for us as we have a friend who lives in Paris who had not only moved but changed his phone number too. I'm not sure how wide a search you could do doing this, but go dept by dept, may take a while, but you should manage OK. manxie, I can't get that link to work, what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 You can search the online Pages Blanches by region as well as department, which reduces the number of searches you would have to do.I only know this because I spent ages trying unsuccssfully to find someone in 75, who eventually turned up elsewhere in the Île de France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted October 3, 2004 Author Share Posted October 3, 2004 I had already started on the system TU suggested ,when I thought perhaps there was an easier way,aparently not! I also couldn`t get that link to work .Anyway continued with my search and hey ho! one in the next dept...with the same initial as myself ,but is listed as male, hopefully this is a mix up as the letter is asking for quite a large sum to be paid back! Off to the appropriate office in the morning and will keep you posted.....oh and there is another listed in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Opas, as everything must be paid into your bank account, take statments for the last year say, with you, it will also prove that they have not paid you by mistake.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 I've obviously done something wrong, but I'll try again...http://www.quidonc.fr/pi.cgi?portail=quidoncbut on second glance, seems there's a cost involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 http://www.quidonc.fr/pi.cgi?portail=quidoncis a service whereby you type in a telephone number and the name and address of the person is given. This does appear to be a chargeable facility.However, http://www.ctqui.com/ does the same thing, but is gratuit!Doesn't help the original poster, but may be of help/interest to others.Jackie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted October 4, 2004 Author Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hopefully the problem has been resolved this morning,a mix up between french tax year(jan-dec) and Uk tax year(april-April)...not our mix up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 [quote]http://www.quidonc.fr/pi.cgi?portail=quidonc is a service whereby you type in a telephone number and the name and address of the person is given. This does appear to be a chargeable facility. Howe...[/quote]A site that is free for this service is http://www.infobel.com/france/wp/revsearch/default.aspIt also is available in some other countries, however, for various reasons I think it is bad that an individual person can trace an address from a telephone number. I am glad that this information is not available in the UK other than to the Police, emergency services and certain government agencies.Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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