Finding people online is made easier with specialized free people search sites. This article is divided into four sections:
Note: Unless otherwise specified, these resources
are free. Be very cautious if ANY website asks you to give out your personal information (like credit card numbers).
General Free People Search Sites
- Yahoo Free People Search. One of the most simple and easy to use interfaces out there. Comprehensive results are delivered quickly. Also allows email search.
- Military Search. If someone you know was or is in the service, this is a good resource to find out where they are.
- 411 Locate. Instant access to driving directions, reverse lookups, yellow pages, white pages, and more.
- Online Doctor Finder.Provides basic professional information on more than 690,000 doctors.
- Lost Friends. An international database aimed at helping people to find lost friends or relatives.
- Your Family.Online since 1996; enables you to find missing family members and start genealogy research.
- Census Finder.Almost 30,000 free census records available online. Search both locally and internationally.
- FamilySearch.org.An extremely comprehensive site put out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their family records database is one of the largest on the Web.
- Facebook: a great way to find and connect with other people.
- MySpace: you'd be surprised how many people you know are on MySpace. A great way to find people.
- GeoWhitePages:"GeoWhitePages.com enables you to run Intelius background checks, locate assets, verify property value, and more using nationwide public records compiled from official data sources."
- Stalkerati:Find information on specific people from MySpace, Technorati, FaceBook, and more.
- Birthday Database: "Can't remember the birthday of a friend, relative or co-worker? Search our database of 120 million names and birth dates."
- ZoomInfo: "ZoomInfo, the premier summarization search engine, delivers fresh, comprehensive information on over 31 million business professionals and 2 million companies across virtually every industry."
