Directories-"People Searches"
Genealogy
(Click here for Genealogy links)
Want to find someone? Be sure to try more than one of the below directory services. The different services
have different ways of searching and may well access different sources and stores of information/data bases.
Adoptee Free Search Registry Search for your ancestors....
Adoption Assistance Information Support...Adoptee search...More
Anywho Look up by reverse phone, email, name etc.
Area Codes Find out what state an area code is located in
Bigfoot Has several million phone numbers
Classmates.com Looking for an old classmate?
EPinions Good Category search directory
411.com People/Places/Phones. 50 State People Search. Pay site
GrandParent Support Groups A searchable database by zip code. Also try Generations United and Grandsplace
infochecks Find people in many ways, but PAY.
Infospace Lots of ways to look up places and people here
Internet Address Finder Another directory
Internic Use this site to discover who owns a website domain
KnowX.com Public records on the web, Pay site
Lycos's Who Where When all else fails, this mega directory might solve your problem
Switchboard Boasts of having over 100 million addresses
Ultimate White Pages
US Search Background, courtrecords, etc. , Pay site
Whitepages One of the oldest directories and one of my favorites.
Whois.net Domain Based Research Service. And try here
Who2.com Find famous people fast. A-Z
Yahoo People One of the best email searches available
Zabasearch Currently free...at least a basic search
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First, sites from which two of the best genealogy programs may be purchased. Unfortunately they are for PCs only. Lots of good info at these sites, so don't overlook them.
AfriGeneas Specializes in African-ancestored genealogy
Ancestry.com Very nice search page. Social Securit, Military, Census, Death Index, etc.
Cyndi's List Indexed Links to more than 84,000 genealogical materials sites; ethnic, locality...
Dean Fam--Sample Look here for an example of a really extensive research project in the works
Ellis Island Search the immigrants' "Wall of Honor" to see if your family name is listed there
Everton's Everton's Genealogical Helper Magazine
Family Search Web's richest collection of family history materials: (Latter-day Saints)
Family Tree Maker Priced at around $60
area
FamilyTreeMagazine.com Access over 1 billion records See also its "101 Best Family History Web Sites" page
Genealogy.com GenForum is useful for gathering info (See also next)
Generations Family Tree Their best version is around $50
GenForum Part of Genealogy.com
Gengateway.com Thousands of genealogy links
Hamrick.com Enter a Surname to show the US distribution 1850, 1880, 1920, 1990
Immigration Law An Overview
Immigration Station Angel Island
Library of Congress See Catalogs section in particular
LibrarySpot.com Online books, Encyclopedias, etc etc Public Records Great Search/Research site
MerlinData.com (Pay) Public Record search OnLine
NYC Public Library Check the New York City Catalogs
RootsWeb US Social Security Death Index is available here
SierraHome Family Tree Maker's online records
Vitalchek.com (Pay) Order birth/marriage/death certificates throughtout the US
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