AnyWho

Big Yellow

The yellow pages online by city. Very useful to find information about businessmen or businesses.

Big Book Yellow

Another yellow pages online operation. Try it also.

Choicepoint's Free Searches

A solid listing of free databases accessible through the Internet that can help you find out things about people. Warning: most of these governmental records are in California, Florida and other computer literate states.

Infospace

InfoUSA

Commercial operation similar to PeopleFinder. Okay if you're willing to pay for information, much of which you can get free if you know how to search the internet.

Mapquest

Great way to get around town. Any town, in fact. Good driving directions and maps provided free.

Martindale Legal

A directory of lawyers. Use it along with the West Legal Directory to find information about individuals who are attorneys.

Other Resources

Peoplefind

SearchBug

Social Security Death Index

Type in a name or a social security number and see if that person is really dead. Don't expect to get correct results every time. Lots of dead people don't show up in this database.

Switchboard

Easy to use phone lookup service.

WebGator

A free information service provided for private investigators. Has lots of good links to documents that may help you track down information about someone.

West Legal Directory

A directory of lawyers similar to Martindale's listing. However, you need to check both since some lawyers post their information only on one service.