How to Use the Internet to Locate People

Put the Internet to work to find your best friend from kindergarten, a long-lost relative or the roommate who skipped out without paying the phone bill.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Modems
• Internet Access
• Computers

1. The person you're looking for may have a personal home page. To find out, simply type the person's first and last names into a Web search engine and view the results.

2. If the person you're looking for is a college student, he or she may have an e-mail account through the school. Visit the school's Web site (usually in the form of www.schoolname.edu) and check the campus directory.

3. The person may have an e-mail account through his or her job. If you know where the person works, visit the company's Web site and use its directory. If the site has no directory, try sending an e-mail message to the person at [e-mail].

4. The person may use the same Internet service provider that you do. Try searching in your ISP's member directory.

5. If none of the above suggestions work, try an online directory Web site.

Tips & Warnings

• Search services often turn up old addresses, if they turn up any-thing at all.
• Some online search services find e-mail addresses, some find phone numbers and postal addresses, and some find both.

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[robert890]

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If you want to pay try sites like www.USSearch.com they offer people search and background check information. Plus, the Wall Street Journal posted an article stating that they were the most accurate out of the top public records information sites test.

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[cmarattorney]

on 10/27/2008 I'm an Attorney and occasionally need to find information about people or screen clients. www.usatrace.com is a great site to use to locate people. Not only can you locate people, but you can find out other background information about them through the service. The fees are a little more than some companies, but those other companies do not provide as much information as USATrace.com. Hope this helps.

[cmarattorney]

on 10/27/2008 I'm an Attorney and occasionally need to find information about people or screen clients. www.usatrace.com is a great site to use to locate people. Not only can you locate people, but you can find out other background information about them through the service. The fees are a little more than some companies, but those other companies do not provide as much information as USATrace.com. Hope this helps.
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