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If you are conducting a search for someone you are in good company. Trying to find a person has become very common.  There are millions of people finder searches done in this country every year.   It is the increase in these numbers that is alarming – 20% annually.

If you are just starting out on your search you should begin by assessing what category of search you are in.  People who simply want to find someone with whom they have lost contact – like a school mate or working associate have it pretty easy.   However, when you get into prior marriage issues, felons, deadbeat dads, and other people eluding location then things get a bit more complex.  When in doubt, use a people finder.

If your search is in the simple/easy category of lost contact you can spend some time doing free searches of email address and phone numbers.  You should get a hit one several of these over time.   If not or if you are in a hurry you should strongly consider one of the online People Finder firms that will conduct the search for $20-$40 and probably get you a hit in several minutes.

For the tougher searches and for all searches where you are pretty sure that the target is actively eluding you then you should start with a list of what you know.  Write down every piece of data that you have on this person, including full name with middle name, not initial, addresses, phone numbers, prior email address, SSN, Driver License Number, and anything else associated with their name.

Your actual searching should begin with the easiest ones first – i.e. online searches for email and phone.   While those searches are running you should begin your detailed though process.  What we are referring to here is the step where you examine everything in the life of the target person including schools, hobbies, jobs, and especially everything related to formalized ownership. 

Formalized ownership means anything that States and Counties legally keep track of like real estate, automobiles, boats, planes, etc.  Chasing this data though State and County files can be very productive. This collection of data will allow you to conduct your next set of searches, called Direct Access searches.  When you do get hits, use that information to begin chasing things like real estate titles, marriage license, etc.   Notate everything recovered but do not consider any of it factual until you have verified proof of such. Definitely try an address search on by entering ‘address search’ in Google.

The second category of search activity is called Special Interest Searches. This includes college clubs, military service, religious congregations, etc.   Much of these leads can be chased down using free online services that support member access.

You\r last category of search activity relates to Negative History.   This includes anything illegal or code violations like unpaid taxes, etc. that are kept on State and County roles.   It includes arrest records, tax liens, court orders, injunctions, convictions, etc.  What you are looking for here is both identity and verification of the same.   If you turn up something in this category it will normally be of significant content. Getting a hit in this category will normally serve your search activities well in terms of producing valuable data.   It will greatly contribute to your effort to find a person.