How to Find an Individual's Birth Date
A number of situations might necessitate a birth date search, from a plan to send a friend or relative a birthday surprise to simple curiosity about an individual's age. While asking the person outright might not be a possibility, you can use the internet to discreetly find this information. By gathering any data you possess on the individual, such as her full name, state of residence and approximate age, you can use online databases and social networking sites to locate her birth date.
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Run your query in the Birthdatabase.com website, which compiles government data-- including birth certificates--into a searchable database. While this offers one of the fastest and easiest ways to find a person's birth date, you will need to enter the person's exact first and last name (no nicknames or abbreviations), as well as an estimated age, to locate their birth date.
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Search the individual's name in various social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter. He might possess his own profile with a birth date listed.
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Check out government records such as birth certificates or marriage licenses to see if you can locate a birth date. Start your search at USA.gov, the portal to U.S. government information, and then use the site's searchable index or their directory listings to locate the various vital records offices of the state in which the individual you seek resides.
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Consider paying for a complete background check on the individual through one of the various online companies that offers these services. While you will need to pay a fee, which varies according to the types of information you want included in the report, you can get instant access to birth date information.
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Tips & Warnings
If your search fails to turn up the individual's current last name, try the search again using her maiden name.
It is often easier to locate the birth dates of older individuals than younger ones since they tend to have more public information available.
The government records that most often list a date of birth include voter's registration records, birth and marriage certificates, divorce reports, correction records, criminal court records, sex offender registries and professional license registries.
According to professional legal researcher and author of the virtualchase.com website Genie Tyburski, electronic government records often describe rather than duplicate content, so you might need to physically visit the vital records office to find the information you need.
