First Areas To Search For Relatives On The Internet
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Start With Social Networks
People want to be part of social networks. It instills a sense of belonging that is essential to their survival (or sanity). Like moths drawn to a bright candle flame, people love posting on forums, hitting the Like button on a Facebook page or establishing an online presence through Multiply or MySpace. Chances are, the person you are looking for, may have his or her own social networking profile.
To kick off your hunt, try the following websites:
. Facebook
. MySpace
. Friendster
. Multiply
. Hi5
To speed up your search, try visiting YoName, Spokeo and Wink. These webpages consolidate search results from various social networking websites, even ones that are not mentioned above.
Make Use Of 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 websites to get you started:
. ZabaSearch
. Google
. CriminalSearches
. USA
Death Records
Considering the slight possibility that the person you are looking for may have already passed away, try looking through online death records and grave listings.
Death Indexes contain death records listed by state and city. You'll find death certificate indexes, obituaries, burial records and death notices.
Many cemeteries have websites that you can go through to look for graves. Find A Grave and Cemetery Records Online are good places to start.
Go Job Hunting
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 contains listings of job positions both by name and by industry. If the person you are hunting for is employed or is hunting for a job, chances are you'll find him on that website. Many webpages contain listings of job positions and job hunters. Jobster is one such website. If you know where the individual you are looking for is employed, try going through their company profiles on this website to get viable contact information.
ZoomInfo.com can help you expand your hunt by providing a way for you to go through companies that he or she may have worked for in the past.
Basic Google Hunt and Google CSE
Almost all social networking sites, forums and discussion groups, blogs, and personal webpages are indexed by search engines, most especially by Google. This is why you should use Google to your advantage.
Let's say you were indeed hunting for Mr. John Frederick Doe. On the Google search box, type the name "John Frederick Doe" enclosed in quotes.
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 websites your search engine will crawl through first. On this field, enter the social networking and public records webpages 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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