# Where is the most effective "People Search" engine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606 "2004-12-19T04:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606/1 "2004-12-19T04:32:33Z")

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The title is pretty much it. I want to find an e-mail address for an old friend who has some minor fame. Her father is a movie producer, and she has written a screen play. I can find quite a few Google sites referring to her, but nothing about where she might be etc.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606/2 "2004-12-19T04:33:41Z")

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Oh, I tried to search, but search doesn’t seem to be responding. 😕

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606/3 "2004-12-19T06:47:54Z")

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How about a physical address?

The services that I’ve used as a genealogist:

• [US SEARCH.com](http://www.ussearch.com)  
• [The Ultimate People Finder](http://knowx.com/infoam.exe?form=pf/search.htm&userid=guest&password=welcome) at [KnowX.com](http://KnowX.com).

These databases compile real estate records, telephone directories, voter registration records, and other sources.

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**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606/4 "2004-12-19T07:59:18Z")

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[AccurInt](http://www.accurint.com) seems to be the best for my law office.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-most-effective-people-search-engine/280606/5 "2004-12-20T11:46:42Z")

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Thanks. I’ll try them .  
I’m not sure if she’s living in the U.S. at present, so, I may have no luck at all, but I know I won’t find her if I don’t try. 🙂