How to Find Someone By Social Security Number

Why would you need to find someone by their social security number? Perhaps you’ve lost track of a family member, but you have access to their social security number. Maybe you are an employer, ready to hire someone, but you want to make sure they are using a correct number. Perhaps you have a list of social security numbers for your children, but don’t know which social security number belongs to who. Finding someone by their social security number is not as difficult as you might think with the internet at your disposal.

Instructions

1. Verifying a social security number to a name can be easy. The United States Social Security Website allows you to check up to ten numbers a day. They provide this free service to American citizens.

2. Finding a person who is currently using a social security number will require some extra help, using a reputable investigative service. There should be no problem finding one in your town or you can use an online service.

3. Locating the social security number of a deceased person is a fairly easy process. Simply enter their name, for free, into the data base of rootsweb.com.

4. If your are doing research that requires looking up social security numbers over a period of time you might consider becoming a member of an investigative service. With a nominal annual fee, you will have the same data base access as an investigator.

Tips & Warnings

• There are stiff penalties for any individual using social security numbers for the purposes of identity theft or any other illegal purpose.

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Social Security Verification
• Deceased Person Locator