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Find people anywhere in the USA for FREE. Our public records people search lessons and public record resources will allow you to find people, anywhere in the USA fast! 

Bankruptcy Records Online
The bankruptcy data from this website comes from the PACER system and is offered by Jupiter eSources, LLC.  Limited information is returned on hits.  But, you can obtain greater details like a docket sheet for a small fee.  Data appears to date back roughly ten years in most jurisdictions, but this can vary.  This is a great resource if you suspect the person you seek may have declared bankruptcy.

BRB Publications
This is a very large source of public records.  You can find a private investigator or attorney here too.  They also sell an assortment of Private Investigation books and material for the legal industry. 

Visit thesearchadvisor.com often to learn more about how to best search for people via the BRB website.  If you need to find someone quickly, please visit: OmniTrace.

Certified Pilots
No people search website would be complete without a link to a website that searches for certified pilots.  So, in the event you suspect your missing person is a pilot, click on the above link.  Fill in as little information on the subject as possible to obtain more complete results.  Also, use the state abbreviation not the full state name when conducting your search.  If the subject has a pilot’s license, you can obtain the address listed on the license.

If you suspect the person you are trying to find owns an aircraft, here is another useful link:  FAA.  Type in the last name and first name - in that order (e.g. Smith John NOT John Smith).  Then, if you obtain a match, click on the corresponding N-Number to obtain address information.

Criminal Records Search 
The data on this site provides only public record information and is intended for your personal use only.  Their data should not be relied upon to determine an individual’s actual criminal record since the offense listed is sometimes generic and could represent several different charges.  Assumptions should NOT be made solely on the offense displayed on this web site. The data includes more than criminal records, such as civil filings and traffic and other minor offenses, so people listed may not be actual criminals. Also, not all criminal records result in conviction, nor do they all provide dispositions of guilt or innocence.  Charging decisions made by the State Attorney’s Office or from the outcome of criminal trials should be obtained from the source.

FindArticles.com
This site allows you to search archives of 700 plus periodicals and 3.5 million articles.  Unfortunately, a lot of the periodicals are fluff magazines that don’t contain real news coverage.  Still, a free or cheap, alternative to expensive news search such as Lexis-Nexis.  When conducting a background check, try running the subject’s name here.

National Association Of Counties
This handy website will allow you to:  (1) locate all cities within a state (2) find a county in which a city resides (3) enter a zip code to find the county it is in (4) find all cities within a county

News Archives - USA
This web site has an extensive menu of individual newspapers with searchable online archives.  Many of the searches are free.  This can be a very helpful tool to find people if you suspect their name has been published in a newspaper or news source.   Please note:  Make sure you click on the “archive site” link and not the “paper” link when searching. 

Here is one additional link to find daily and weekly US newspapers known to have a web site.  This site is very user friendly, although there are no provided direct links for searching archives:  Search US Newspapers

Obituary Search
You have to pay a small fee (less than $3.00) to conduct a search for a deceased person here.  But, the beauty of this site is that you can search first, see if you obtain an obituary match, and then pay for the result. 

Public Library Finder
The Public Library can be a great resource to find people, birth parents and an adoptee.   Click on this link to find a library anywhere in the USA.  Here a link to our post on finding your birth family with help from the library:  Searching For Birth Mother | Searching For Adoptee - Call The Library!

PublicRecordfinder.com
This is a great source when searching public records.  However, the site is a bit difficult to navigate and many of the tools are not free.  We will be posting articles on how to best use this website to find people, birth parents and adoptee (s).

Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Death Index is provided by the U.S. Social Security Administration who maintains a Death Master File. 

You can search the Death Index by entering one or more fields in the form and clicking the submit button.  You’ll receive better, more accurate results by restricting the number of fields you input.  For instance, if you submit just a name you will obtain every listing in the index.  However, if you submit a name and a year of birth, you will only obtain records on persons whose name and year of birth were indexed.  Some years of birth may not be in the Death Master File.  So, whenever possible, use the simple form to conduct searches. 

Please note that not every death is indexed.  Several reasons why a name may be excluded are:

• The death was not reported to the Social Security Administration.
• The death occurred before the Death Master File was entered into a computer database–this started around 1962. 
• The person did not participate in the Social Security program.
• Survivor death benefits were or are being paid to dependents.
• A recent death may not yet be indexed.
• Human error when data entering. 

 For additional information on searching The Social Security Death Index, please visit: Rootsweb’s Social Security Death Index: Definition of Fields and Search Tips

Tax Assessor Database
This is a great database to find a tax assessor office anywhere in the country.  Why would you want to do that? Because a tax assessor has access to address information dating back several years.  This information is public record which they will share with you.  A tax assessor has information about real (real estate) and personal property (auto, machinery, mobile homes, etc.).

In many instances, you can access tax assessor records by searching online.  When searching online, you can typically input the subject’s name to find an address or input an address to obtain an owner’s name. 

In some cases, you will need to call the assessor’s office to obtain your information. 

A couple of ways to find someone when calling a tax assessor’s office are: (1) supply them with your missing person’s old address and ask for phone and address information on the current owner.  The current owner may have information on your missing person’s whereabouts.  (2) supply them with any information you have on the missing person and they may provide you with the missing person’s current address and property information–if the information is on record.

Here is an additional online resource to access tax assessor office information that is somewhat redundant to the above:  Property Ownership.  It contains slightly different information as well as tax assessor information in Canada and New Zealand. 

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