89c51 memory storage

hi i am mydeenali .i am doing one biometric based solution.in that iam using 8052 for my circuit.in that i need to store employee name for 1000 users with differnt employee number like 58256 .how can i store the employee name in circuit side .which memory ic could use.and how can i get the employee name for a particular employee number.during the run time i will get employee number from the bilmetric system.based on the number i need to display the name .please help

Hi mydeenali,
you can make use of I2C EEPROM to store your content and its really easy to store. Can you tell me which programming language you are using so i can guide you a little bit more..