These are websites where you can investigate someone's background
and find out information about them.
  • Any Birthday Find 135 million US citizens' birthdates using voter registration records. Register to be reminded when the birthday in question is getting close.
  • Ancestry.com See who someone's relatives are. If you can't find the person you seek, maybe their parents know.
  • AnyWho One of the most popular people finders. Find a person or business.
  • Cindi's List Absolutely amazing and thorough collection of geneaology resources. There are some excellent people finding secrets in the articles and links from her page.
  • Domania.com If you have their name, find out how much they spent on their house. If they aren't in here, then check out the neighborhood, and you may get an estimate.
  • FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about how to find people's email addresses.
  • Fast Area Code Find what area codes belong to which cities.
  • Find People Fast Not free. Pay to find people by name $39, social security number $59, change of address $59, neighborhood $45, date of birth $100 and death index $45.
  • ICQ Search Mirabilis ICQ user profiles for people.
  • KnowX Search public records on the Web: Death, Divorce, Marriage, Address and Phone Number. Initial search is free, but there is a price associated with getting the full details. They also charge for premium Background Search features like Bankruptcy, Judgements, Liens, Lawsuits and UCCs. lookup_zip+4 US Postal Services lookup to find a zip code.
  • Merlin Information Services Search public records. You can subscribe to search public records and purchase their Public Record Research Tool on cd-rom. Includes Criminal, Property and Judgements. Prices start at $165 for one user per month and $425 per quarter.
  • Verisign WhoIs service can tell you what domains are owned by a target company, find some people with addresses at that domain, and reveal the IP address for your target company's web site.
  • Net-VestigatorFor $25 you can download software that allows you to obtain credit reports, background checks, police records, and much more utilizing the same resources as full-time professional investigators.
  • PeopleSearch.net Free. Search 21 search engines for people on the Web. Opens a new browser window for each page of results.
  • Register.com Find out registrant information about who owns a website.
  • InfoUSA  Find consumer information for sale here which frequently includes people's occupation by zip code!
  • SearchShark.com Find someone who is or has been in the military.
  • Tracerlock Although their news service is not free, the URL Monitor is free. It can track a specific URL and send a report if there are changes. Here is an example of how it works.
  • US Search combs through hundreds of public record databases for legal documentation on people, such as licensing, property purchases, criminal records, and so on. Some of the searches are free, but some require special fee payments.
  • Virtual Gumshoe Investigative resources on the Web. Find information on just about anything.
  • Whois: Domain search. Enter a domain name and find information about who owns it.
  • Many technical people link to gamasutra and slashdot. Find out who! [IE ONLY] Click on this instant search bookmarklet and enter one or two skills keywords (for example Corba, Java, or Perl) to find homepages of people linking to those two sites! [For netscape click here]