Start With Social Networks
People adore social networks. That’s apparently one of the most undeniable facts of human existence. Like moths drawn to a candle flame, many people find it complicated to keep themselves from posting on a forum discussion, signing up for a Facebook group page or setting up a profile on MySpace. People want to be part of a social circle and you can take advantage of that fact to track someone down.
You can kick off your hunt by starting with the most popular ones. Here are five of them:
. Facebook
. MySpace
. Friendster
. Multiply
. Hi5
To speed up your hunt, try visiting YoName, Spokeo and Wink. These webpages consolidate search results from various social networking websites, even ones that are not mentioned above.
Online Public Records
Did you know that there are online public records that allow you to more extensively investigate a person’s background? Armed with only a person’s name and birth date, you can dig into his or her driving history, employment background, educational background and even hospital records. Here are four webpages to get you started:
. ZabaSearch
. Google
. CriminalSearches
. USA
Death Records
Considering the slight possibility that the identity you are searching for may have already passed away, try looking through online death records and grave listings.
You can find death records, certificate indexes, obituaries and death notices as well as burial records on DeathIndexes. The listings are categorized via city and state for faster browsing.
Certain cemeteries have websites on which you can go through graves. FindAGrave.com and Interment.net make it easier for people to find particular cemeteries and look through graves in their listings.
Job Sites
If you happen to know where the person you are hunting for works, you can obtain some of his contact information by tracking down the specific company he works for or the industry he is part of. Jobster.com contains listings of job positions both by name and by industry. If the person you are looking for is employed or is hunting for a job, chances are you’ll find him on that website.
ZoomInfo is another website worth hunting into. It crawls through profiles and indexes company affiliations.
Make the Most of Google Search
Most social networking webpages, blogs and forums are indexed through search engines and Google is too big to ignore.
If you happen to know the person’s first and last name, you can hunt for any web pages that mention that name through Google. All you have to do is enter the first and last name enclosed in quotes on the Google search field. For instance, if you’re looking for someone named Susan Richards, just enter “Susan Richards” (with quotes) into Google.
Custom Google search engines should help speed things up for you as well as narrow down your search. Just go to Google CSE and click the “Create A Custom Search Engine” button. This will take you to a page which will let you define your search by specifying webpages your search engine will crawl through first. On this field, enter the social networking and public records websites mentioned in the previous paragraphs. You can add more sites to this list later too. Once you’re done creating your very own search engine, you can use it to look for other people in the future.
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