Whether you're looking for someone in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France or even New Zealand, there's a directory online, and they're all free. It's a great way to find people you haven't heard from for years, and give them a surprise this Christmas.

Arranged by country, http://numberway.com has over 300 white pages or yellow pages phone books from over 200 countries and territories. Many countries, including the USA and UK, have several different free directories available, and a few have search by street address or by phone number.

Some of the directories are in the local language rather than English, but NumberWay offers help and advice on how to use them, with translations of the key words. So you can now find people in countries like Italy, Spain or Mexico.

NumberWay aims to cover every country in the world, where the phone books are available online. India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Brazil, and smaller places like Andorra, Singapore and Guam are all listed. The links to all directories are constantly checked, reviewed and revised. Fast and very simple to use, you can find the directory you want on NumberWay in as few as three clicks.

At Christmas, when many are thinking of friends and family, NumberWay can help with getting in touch. And all year round it's a great free resource for finding phone numbers and addresses of people or businesses almost everywhere.