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Missing People 

With all the happenings of late, and the quest by people to find missing relatives, friends, etc. from the tragedies, I thought I would make you aware of some sites that are always around to locate lost loved ones, missing children, homeless people, birth parents, even for genealogy projects.

The Open Directory Project always has a massive list of resources for almost any subject that you are searching. The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.

Open Directory Project’s Missing People Resources
http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Missing_People/ 

NMCO is a publicly supported nonprofit organization founded to educate the public in an effort to prevent future abductions and to provide assistance to the families of abduction victims. NMCO works with cases of endangered missing persons, unsolved homicides and unidentified persons.

The Nation’s Missing Children Organization and Center for Missing Adults Useful Links
http://www.nmco.org/links/ 

Although each of 4 different departments has their own function, "our missing children" operates as one unit as Canada's National Clearinghouse for missing children. In this capacity, the unit is linked to all Canadian police and related agencies through the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), U.S. police agencies through the National Crime Information Centre (NCIC), and most foreign police agencies through Interpol.

Official Canadian Our Missing Kids Page
http://www.ourmissingchildren.ca/

Although geared more toward Adoptee and Genealogy Resources, this is an excellent list of resources to check for missing people.

Missing Persons, Adoptee, Adoption, Support Services, Adoption Books and Genealogy Links
http://detectiveagents.com/missing.htm

Although not as resourceful as some of the other sites, the Missing Persons Throughout the World site may just have that one person that you need listed.

Missing Persons Throughout the World—Post or Find Missing People
http://www.mispers.com/ 

This Oracle Reverse site is a staple of any Investigator’s Toolbox. Reverse phone, address, e-mail, business searches, people searches, and more. 

Reverse Phonebooks, Email and Other Lookup Tools---XXX-CELL-ANT
http://www.freeality.com/finde.htm

Not to take away from the seriousness of the missing person issue, but here is a site to check your powers of observation.

Find The Missing People--Illusion
http://www.grand-illusions.com/missing.htm

nightsneak