i attended college at US where i met a woman i care a lot about.i kept
in touch for the last 15 years though we have not met since 1990.she
have appearantly changed her address for i did not get any replies to
my recent letters.
1- how can i obtain Toledo area ,Ohio, telephone directory so that i
may look for her new addreess.i live outside the US.

2- can i inlist the help of a private investigator to obtain her
address? if so , how i can contact one?

Dear Penwrite, 

Let me start by saying that all of these methods may not work, and in
any case, every method you shall apply to find a lost person should be
within the limits of privacy acts. It is always possible, that your
friend doesn't want to be found, from one reason or another.
Therefore, it is quiet possible, that you'll hear about other ways
from other people, but I give you here only ways that are within the
limits of privacy acts, and I must say that I fully understand why a
woman might feel intimidated to be "found", as I heard of many
stalking cases.

I suggest that in any case, you'll try first to leave your details,
asking her to contact you if she wants to.

First of all, Toledo's listed phone numbers could be found here: 
Toledio- Area Connect
<http://toledo.areaconnect.com/> 
(Note that you need the "White Pages"). 

By the way, if you search Google with the name of the person and the
place where they live, you'll get a telephone directory listing, if
such exists.
PhoneBook 
<://www.google.com/help/features.html#wp> 

Other useful tools could be: 

Yahoo! People Search
<http://people.yahoo.com/> 

SwitchBoard
<http://www.switchboard.com/> 

White Pages
<http://www.whitepages.com/> 

Abika - Find a Person
<http://www.abika.com/Reports/LocatePerson.htm> 

You can also find a private investigator in Toledo, that would locate
the person for you. Again, it is well advised to tell the person to
contact you - if she wants to - and not to contact her.

Here is a list of private investigators in Toledo, OH
e-Investogator
<http://www.einvestigator.com/pi_directory/ohio.htm> 

Google Local - Private Investogators in Toledo
<://www.google.com/local?hl=en&lr=&q=private+investigator&near=Toledo,+OH&sa=X&oi=localr>

Another one: 
Magic Yellow
<http://www.magicyellow.com/category/Private_Investigators/Toledo_OH.html> 

Another way, which wasn't mentioned by you, but might yield results
(and protect the woman, if she doesn't want to be found), and might be
more affordable than hiring a private investigator, is to post an ad
in one of Toledo's newspapers.

Toledo Newspapers and News Media
<http://www.abyznewslinks.com/uniteohtl.htm> 

Toledo Blade
<http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage> 

There are also several sites where you can list your details and
search for others who have studied with you, and have registered
themsleves. You can ask other friends (or if you're lucky, find her).

ClassMates.com is one of the most popular of these sites
<http://www.classmates.com/cmo/reg/school/index.jsp;jsessionid=I3IJAFFENAXQ4CQKWZSST5QKBK1GMIV3?_requestid=596886>

BatchMates
<http://www.batchmates.com/default.asp> 

Find People - Forum for Finding Lost Friends
<http://www.thebestplace.to/forums/findpeople/> 

Reunions World - Lost Friends
<http://www.reunionsworld.com/LostandFound/LostFriends.htm> 

Locate Classmates
<http://www.locateclassmates.org/> 

Other sites, at Yahoo! Directory
<http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Phone_Numbers_and_Addresses/Classmates/> 

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it.

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Request for Answer Clarification by penwrite-ga on 23 Nov 2005 09:06 PST

the directories links you kindly provided are paid services that use
public records which i tried before. are there other better services
free or non-free?
by the way the lady in question is 60 years old now.
i will be sending soon a letter to a private invistigation service in
Toledo but being far a way from USA this will take sometime . no email
addresses were provded in that directory.

could you kindly provide further help?

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Clarification of Answer by politicalguru-ga on 23 Nov 2005 11:40 PST

Dear Penwrite, 

The list I've provided is pretty exhaustive. For email (which was not
part of your original question), you might want to try writing the
name on Google - this might prove useful if the name is not a very
common one.

Except for Yahoo! People there are more email directories: 

The Ultimate Email Dierctory
<http://www.theultimates.com/email/> 

IAF
<http://www.iaf.net/>