With the advent of the Internet, people searching has become one of America’s favorite pastimes. Everyone can think of someone that they would like to locate. Some are looking for old classmates, some will be trying to find an old flame, still others will be trying to find a missing relative or military buddy. The fact is, it’s actually fun and entertaining to track someone down.
A true free people search is just that; you will locate a person by using every free means at your disposal. This means that you will need to become very familiar with internet sources like Anywho, White Pages, InfoUSA, and countless others.
These resources will most often be able to provide a name or address (sometimes even a valid phone number) for the person search you are conducting. A starting point is what you are looking for to place a person in a particular area or town. (If you have someone’s social security number or dob, it can really make things a lot easier, but most free people searches start with just a name only.)
Once you narrow your people search subject to a specific area or town, marshal all of that areas’ public records repositories to assist your people search. Call the property recorders office, library, voter’s registration, marriage license office, civic clubs, chamber of commerce and any entity you can possibly think of to assist your people search, including the local sheriff’s office or telephone company.
For a people search of someone with a very common name, it most certainly will take much longer to find the right person unless you have the subject’s ssn, but don’t despair, be persistent in your free people search!
