Finding a person with a common name in Germany

It is tricky, but you CAN find a person with a common German name. Here´s how: 1) Search the German online phone directory: http://www.telefonbuch.de/ Search is in either English, German or French. You can locate private phone numbers, addresses and businesses. You can search just with a name, but it helps if you know a town or a street address for the person. The server will give you a list of hits, which you can print. This is your best bet. 2) A similar page is: http://www.teleinfo.de/ (you can also search in English, but the page is more complicated) 3) Alternatively, try a general server for Germany, such as Lycos: www.lycos.de You can do a general search there (only recommended if you can speak some German), but they also search for e-mail addresses.