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By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

Free People Search Engines and Websites

Monday January 23, 2006
Finding people online, at least, their telephone numbers and addresses, is not as difficult as it used to be. Most of this information is easily accessible and a matter of public record. I've put together a list of the best free people search engines and websites that will help you find that long lost highschool friend, seach for a good doctor, start your genealogy research, or reunite with a military buddy.
Comments
July 17, 2007 at 4:32 pm
(1) MATTHEW A SMITH says:

THEY SAY THAT THEIR PEEPLE SEARCH IS FREE BUT THEY ALL WANT MONEY. THATS NOT FREE.

May 6, 2008 at 9:35 pm
(2) Max says:

What does free mean? This is not free you
have to pay if you what to find any information. Quit saying it is free.

September 4, 2008 at 4:05 pm
(3) brett says:

your people look up sits for ( FREE ) are misleading and wrong. not matter what you do it costs money. FREE MEANS NO MONEY !!! false advertising is against the law !!! your sits take you to the people but leave out the very information we are trying to find. just a simple phone number would suffice. don’t say its free if its not !!!!!!

May 26, 2009 at 5:13 pm
(4) Vicki Ramsey says:

Ditto what was said in the other comments. When I started to navigate away-I got pop-ups saying,”Wait, for $1.95 you can get the info.” I agree with the others-how can you misrepresent this info as being FREE.

May 26, 2009 at 11:18 pm
(5) websearch says:

Folks, the article clearly states that if you see an ad or click on something that asks you for money to disregard it.

There are plenty of good free resources on this list that will help you get started finding the person you want – you will rarely find ONE resource that does everything you want.

If this article doesn’t have what you need, try this one: Google People Search – How to Use Google to Find People on the Web. Good luck!

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