Thursday, July 23, 2009

Finding People From Your Past Using Free People Search

By Vincent Roumou

Finding People From Your Past Using Free People Search

It's been many years since you have seen some of your old friends and you would love to reconnect with them, but you don't know where to begin. The first place you may want to go is a website that offers a free people search engine.

Trying to find someone that you haven't seen in a long time may seem similar to finding a needle in a haystack, but if you use a friend finder search engine you will be able to find anyone. Although some sites might try to make you pay for this service, there are many different websites that will provide the same benefits free of charge. All you will need is some information pertaining to the person you are looking for. Obviously, the more you know the easier it will be to find them.

Start your search

Thanks to the internet, finding someone that you have lost touch with is easier than ever before. If you are armed with a few basic pieces of information your search will be very successful.

The first thing you will need is the name of the person you are trying to find. A first and last name is the best way to start, but if you know their middle name it would be very helpful. You can use a more refined search where you can enter some of their relative names too. This can be helpful in linking them to people. Most search results will give you some names of people who are related to the person you are looking for. There are many people that have the same names, but it would be very rare that two people with the same name would be linked to similar relatives and friends.

Any previous addresses that you may have will be extremely helpful when looking for someone. When you search comes up it will generally have some of the addresses that are associated with each person and you knowing some of them will help in scaling down your search.

If you have any knowledge of the person's exact age, or even better their birth date it will help to refine your search. It is not likely that two people will share the exact same name and birthday.

There are special sites that do nothing but help classmates reconnect with each other, so if you need to find an ex school friend you should use one of those sites.

It is not hard to find anyone with today's technology. All you need is a little information and a will to find them. The rest will just fall into place.

About the Author:

No comments: