Helpful Free People Search Tips (Part 2)

Find People Online

Here are additional helpful free people search tips to also assist you in finding your past friends, coworkers, lost family members, and prior business associates using the internet.

1) First Start Creating a List:

Write down everything you know about the person you are looking for, including: past addresses; high school(s) and universities attended; names of family members; hobbies; last name(s); nicknames; job profession(s); organizations involved with, as well as any other personal identifiers that you can remember about the person.

These personal identifiers will help you focus your people search and will often help lead your search efforts. This information can be changed as you move forward with your search. You may also want to keep a list of people searches that you have already used so you don't repeat your efforts.

2) Search The Online White Pages:

One of your first people searches should be free online white pages. Free white pages allow you to search using various methods like "city and state" searches; "state only" searches or "all states" searches. In addition, you can try last name only searches in situations where the person has an uncommon last name. A last name only search can also help you identify possible relatives of that person to contact. If you don't find what you are looking for online, spend a little money on paid directory assistance.

3) Check Free People Search Directories:

There are some excellent free people searches on the web that typically contain more listings than free white pages.

4) Check Using a Reverse Search Method:

If you have a phone number and NO address listing for a person or you have an address, but no phone number, you will want to do a reverse people search on a reverse lookup site to find the missing information.

5) Search on USPublicRecords.com:

There are many resources available online that can provide useful information for your free people searches but often it is spread out or hard to find if you don't really know where to look or what to look for. This is the area where USPublicRecords.com provides direct links to the service providers for free people search help. We strive to provide as much accurate and understandable information as possible all located in one place. With a bit of time and desire, anyone can use the information found here to conduct their own investigation.  Much of the information can be found on the on-line via our website. Some of the information can be found for free and some of it requires a fee to access this current information.

6) Searching Using Engines:

Search Engines like Google and Yahoo make great people searches; but don't expect to just enter a name and get your magic answer. Use these personal identifiers in your search engine queries to eliminate any unwanted search results and zero in on the person you are trying to find.

7) Search on Social Networks:

Online communities and social networks are big and people are publishing more and more information about themselves on these sites, including pictures, location information, educational background, professional background, nicknames and other personal identifiers. You can use these sites to find people free through their online profiles, but you will need to refine your people search tactics, since most people do not post first and last names in online profiles. You may want to search using first names or nicknames along with other identifiers like schools, geographic areas, hobbies and profession(s) to locate a person on these sites. Below is a list of some popular social network sites.

8) Search on Blog Websites:

Blogging websites are among the fastest growing and have the most current information on the internet today, which they provide a lot of personal information that usually can be found via most major search engines.

9) Search for Old Neighbors:

If you know of current or past addresses for a person, you can do a nearby search to find potential neighbors in the area, who may know the whereabouts of the person you are looking for. Neighbors will often know whether the person you are looking for still lives at the address or when they moved out and where they moved to. In addition, neighbors are sometimes willing to write down and deliver a personal message to the person's address for you.

You can do a nearby / neighbor search by doing a reverse address (leaving out the specific address number) to get results for the entire street. The returned addresses that are closest to the person you are looking for are most likely to be neighbors for that individual.

10) Search Public Record Databases and Directories:

There are also searchable federal, state and local public record databases and directories that are available on-line too. Some of the more popular public record searches, including sex offender registry; tax assessor; unclaimed property; professional license and business-related searches can be found via numerous direct links available on USPublicRecords.com.