RESEARCH FAQs: PEOPLE FINDERS

• The following sites offer comprehensive links for finding information about people:

• FamilySearch.org (register for free access to nationwide records)
  
  
• Justia Virtual Chase
  
  
• PeopleFinders
  
  
• Guide To Searching The Internet
  
  
• Finding People and Firms
  
  
• Web-Directories.ws
  
  
• Academic Directories

• A person's name can be used as a search term to find web pages containing his or her name. These search engines may also reveal phone numbers, addresses and e-mails:

• Google
  
  
• Yahoo’s People Search
  
  
• Pipl (search by name, email, username, phone number or location)
  
  
• Skipease (searches multiple sites at the same time)
  
  
• www.ussearch.com (fee-based but inexpensive; search by name, phone, address, email or social network)
  
  
• Intellius (fee-based; comprehensive and expensive; search by name, phone)
  
  
• Spokeo (fee-based but inexpensive; search by name, email, phone or address)
  
  
• BeenVeerified (fee-based; expensive; search by name, email, phone or real property)

• In addition to offering searches by name and location, these pages often feature reverse look-ups, where you can put in a phone number to find a listing for a person. Some white pages also have a “neighbors” feature, where you can find the neighbors of a given address.

• Anywho (includes reverse phone number and area/zip code lookups)
  
  
• UnitedStatesZipCodes.org
  
  
• 411Locate
  
  
• Craig Ball's Phone Finder (searches many directories)
  
  
• Reverse Caller Lookup (fee based)
  
  
• Truthfinder Reverse Phone Lookup (fee based)
  
  
• WhitePages (fee-based; expensive; search by name; includes reverse address and reverse phone lookups)
  
  
• YellowPages.com (includes reverse address and reverse phone lookups)

• Social networking sites may provide information on a given individual.

• PeekYou: Searches many social media and news sites for information on people. Search by name, username or phone. Filter by other information, including interests, work, school, city, phone and email.
  
  
• FaceBook
  
  
• Twitter
  
  
• Myspace
  
  
• LinkedIn
  
  
• YouTube
  
  
• Instagram

• You may be able to locate professionals by finding them in professional directories. See our Research FAQ on Public Records for lists of good directories

• Lexis Smartlinx Report: With a permissible purpose, users can search by name, alias, address or SSN to find people. Reports can include name variations, DOBs, partial SSNs, current and former addresses, phone numbers, emails, employment and businesses, voter registrations, professional licenses, other licenses (sport, pilot), bankruptcies, liens and judgments, real property, boats and aircraft, UCC liens, criminal and traffic cases, associates, relatives, and possible neighbors. Members may contact the Law Library to request a report from this service.
  
  
• Accurint Person Search (from Lexis): Government agencies and private investigators can use this tool to obtain the same information that is contained in a Lexis Smartlinx report. (See above). Depending on their permissions and purpose, searchers may be able to obtain additional information.
  
  
• Westlaw PeopleMap: With a permissible purpose, users can search by name, address or SSN to find people. Reports can include name variations, DOBs, partial SSNs, current and former addresses, phone numbers, emails, employment and businesses, voter registrations, professional licenses, other licenses (sport, pilot), bankruptcies, liens and judgments, real property, boats and aircraft, UCC liens, criminal and traffic cases, associates, relatives, and possible neighbors.
  
  
• CLEAR (from Thomson Reuters): Investigative professionals can use this tool to obtain the same information that is contained in a Westlaw PeopleMap report. (See above). Depending on their permissions and purpose, searchers may be able to obtain additional information.

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