192.com Blog

To celebrate the coming of a new decade, 192.com has released the 2010 Edited Electoral Roll offering you access to the most up to date, publicly searchable record of names and addresses for the whole of the UK.

The launch sees 22 million records added to 192.com including almost 4 million newly registered names and addresses. Around 2.5 million more records are expected to be added within a few weeks bringing the total number of records for the year to around 25 million.

These new records make it easier than ever to find family and friends. So search today and make your new years resolution to get in touch with friends and family.

Try the new 2010 Edited Electoral Roll

On the first day of advent, 192.com has launched a dedicated Christmas Address Finder page so you can get the latest residential addresses for Christmas cards and gifts.

Don’t risk your post going to the wrong destination or end up with unaddressed mail waiting to be posted. 

Search today to find current addresses for friends and family and to check you’ve got the right postcodes for the addresses you’ve already got.

Try the new Christmas Address Finder >>

With 160,000 new Electoral Roll records just added to 192.com, it’s time to get started on your Christmas card list.

On 192.com you can check residential addresses and business addresses all in one go. So whether you’re preparing the family Christmas card list or if you’ve been left with a list of illegible addresses from your boss, check true and current addresses online now.

With 6 weeks until Christmas, now is also the ideal time to trace family and friends that you haven’t spoken to in years.  We love hearing family reunion stories at this time of year. Not only is reuniting with long lost relatives the best present you can give, it’s often also the cheapest!

Recently, we’ve heard from Jo, who’d lost touch with her father’s side of the family when her mother moved to Australia. After 20 years, she’s now been reunited with this side of the family & says,

“Christmas in 2009 will be unlike any other for my family and me. The incredible feeling that I am the luckiest person in the world will remain with me forever“. Read Jo’s full story >>

Nikki will be spending the first Christmas with her sister, mum and nan after two decades. Nikki got the family back together by tracing her sister on 192.com. With neither sister listed on Facebook or any other social networking site, they wouldn’t have been able to find each other any other way. Read Nikki’s full story >>

So what are you waiting for? Get started with your Christmas card list today. There are no excuses for having unsent cards with only partial addresses left on the sideboard this year!

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After the hugely successful launch of the ‘Say No To Phonebooks’ campaign (which currently has over 5,350 signatures), I’ve had a few people ask me how they can make sure they get free directory enquiry results on 192.com. To clear up any confusion here is a simple explanation that I hope you will all find helpful.

10 free directory enquiry searches per day are available to anyone who isn’t signed in or hasn’t got any credits on their account.

Below is an example of the results shown when I conducted a search when I wasn’t logged in. 

As you can see the Free Listings are given at the top of the screen. These are taken from the telephone directory database and to see these you have to enter a surname and location otherwise we will return no free results. Something to note is that Directory Enquiry results list by first initial only so if you are searching for a John or a Jane the result shown will always just be a J.

Below these is what we call Premium Results. These are Electoral Roll or Director Report results that match the search. You can see clearly what Electoral Roll they are taken from below the name. If you are being asked to purchased credits it will be because you are clicking on one of these results as we do charge to view Electoral Roll records, if you have already purchased credits you just need to sign in at this point. If it is a historic Electoral Roll record, this is anything that isn’t the current year (eg 2002-2008) you will also need to purchase an additional membership be it EAA or EAM. This is explained in more detail when you go to select your credit package.

I hope that this helps clear up any confusion.

Today we unveil one of the really clever things you can do on 192.com.

If you’re moving house, whether you’re buying or renting, and want to know about your neighbours before you move in, check up your potential new street on 192.com.

Search by postcode or street name only on our search form and we’ll give you the full names, length of residency, age guides and property prices of just about every person on that street. If you don’t have 192.com search credits, you’ll need to purchase some at this point but from as little as tenner, you can search up to five different locations!

This sort of information gives you an idea of whether your neighbours have lived there for years or whether new people are moving in and out every year or so. It’ll also tell you how old your neighbours are and how much they paid for their property.

Let’s get started:

1. Go to 192.com
2. Enter a full postcode or street address in the “Where” field
3. Sign In / Buy Credits to access information on everyone that lives in that street

This is typically the sort of information you’re going to get on every household: Sample 192.com record >>

Similarly, if you’re looking for your neighbour’s details for any reason (such as needing to contact them about improvements to your property) then 192.com will give you all their information. If they are a Director of a Company, we’ll also list their business address and all their business interests.

We’ve also heard from users that have used a street search to get hold of someone that they are desperate to contact. So for example, if the person you’re searching for doesn’t have a directory enquiry listing, you can phone their neighbour and ask them to pass on a message.

Of course, if you just want to see all the property sale prices from the year 2000 onwards for any street, you can also do a simple
192.com property price search >>

192.com is today calling on the UK to make a stand against the scourge of unwanted phonebooks and  ‘Say No To Phonebooks’ . Make a real difference to our environment by signing our e-petition, calling on the government to setup a centralised opt-in service for phonebooks. Sign Now >>

We believe people should have the choice whether they have 3 phonebooks a year dumped on their doorsteps. That’s 62,000 tons of annual waste that costs an astonishing £7.5M for local councils to clear up! To see just how much phonebooks are costing the earth see our YouTube viral: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg4VEKqQvNc

 Or find out more at www.saynotophonebooks.org

There are big smiles and a few sore heads around the 192.com office today after 192.com smashed its own record to win Best Online Directory at the international 118 Awards last night. The best bit was we won the award for an almost unheard of, 6 years in a row!

It’s always great to receive a pat on the back for all your hard work. But after the phenomenal effort that went into the recently re-launched 192.com website, this industry recognition was sweeter than ever before.

We also picked up a Best Innovation Award for a new people finding service which is due for public release shortly. Stay tuned, we’re sure you’ll be as impressed as the judges were…

It’s been a tumultuous year for the UK property market but you can now sort the fact from the fiction by looking up the latest property prices on 192.com. Taken directly from the land registry and updated till the end of June 2009, you can now search for any address in the UK and see property sale prices from the year 2000 onwards.

If you’re thinking of buying or selling, you can see all the current house prices for the area you’re interested in. Or if you’re just curious about the current market value of your home, search for your street.

You can search property prices for free by using our dedicated search form. The easiest way to find a history of sale prices is to just enter a street name or postcode in this form.

Search Property Prices >>

If you’re after more detail on your current or potential neighbours, you can do a premium location search to find out their names, ages, how long they’ve lived there, property price, etc. To access this detailed information, search using the 192.com People Finder and only enter a street address or postcode (i.e. leave ‘Who/What’ field blank) .  This will give you a complete profile of all your neighbours. You will need 192.com search credits to access this information in all its glory!

Those sharp eyed registered users with credits will have noticed a neat little icon on the right hand side of the results list. This handy little button lets you save or download the records in the results list to either .cvs or .pdf. The .pdf version makes it easy to get a clear, map free, printable version of your results. Until we are able to re launch the personal address book feature I would suggest that this is the best way to keep a record of your search results.

We’ve just added 380,000 new name & address records to 192.com. These are the very latest edited Electoral Roll records available, taken from the 2009 rolling register.

This update includes people that have registered at a new address on their Electoral Roll registration form in 2009. So it’s a great way to find friends and family that have moved around the UK this year.

If you haven’t tried it out already, you may find the new Refine Search tool useful in your search. It’s over on the left hand side of your search results page and allows you to filter down by exact spelling of forename, surname, likely age, occupation and/or location.

To preview the latest listings search 192.com People Finder >>