Easy People Searches

When we only had letters and telephone to rely on for communication, it was hard to do a people search that would yield results. Now that the Internet is popular, it is much easier to look for those you may have lost touch with since your days in high school or college. There are many different places to search, and that can make finding a place to start hard. Donít stress about it, but instead, list all of your possible sources and then go through them one by one.

One of the best places to start your people search if you went to school with someone is the many classmate finders out there. Some allow you to join up and see others from your class who have signed up. There are a great many that have found this is the only type of people search that they need. You can even search for those who may have been ahead of you or behind you in school. You might even find information on class reunions and you can see where some of your classmate are now living and what they are doing.

If that type of people search is not what you need, you can always Google. Though Google is not the only search engine out there, it is one of the most popular. If you canít find someone by name on this one, you can then move on to any of the other ones out there. Each may come up with something different for you, so make sure you check with as many as you can think of if you are coming up empty. If there is something about your friend out there, youíll find it. Donít forget to do a blog and news search with your friendís name as well.

If you are still coming up empty on your people search, donít give up hope. You should search now again as new information is added to the Internet every second of the day. You might also want to see if you can use a people search to find relatives of your old friend. They might be a great source of information if you contact them. If you are still coming up empty, you may want to check with the Social Security Death Index. Itís not pleasant, but that might be where they turn up at long last. Hopefully, youíll find nothing there as well.

Patricia Stevenson owns and operates Free People Searches which finds many county records including adoption records.