The internet has made finding people much easier than one thinks. There are online tools now available that can assist in doing a reverse phone number search, which will lead to a name and address of the person that you would like to locate. Of course, some of these useful people finder tools are free and others you have to pay for. However, even paying for such tools can greatly reduce the cost of having to hire a private investigator or having to go through some other frustrating and difficult route to conducting your searches.

Do you know if the phone number you have is a landline number or is it a Cell phone number. To get started determine if the phone number of the person you need to find is a landline number or a cell phone number. You can get the answer to this question by checking out Fonefinder.net and you can do it at this site for free.

Did you know that Google is another avenue to conduct your reverse lookup. Yes, you can do a free reverse search for phone numbers using the Google search engine. All you need to do is to type in the phone number in the usual phone format , which is AREA CODE - XXX-XXXX, this will give you a name and address of the owner associated with the phone number.

Here below are other sources you can use:

www.anywho.com
www.smartpages.
www.whitepages.com
www.reversephonedirectory.com

If what you want is much more than just a name attached to a phone number and would like to conduct a more indepth search, such as do a background check, find date of birth of the person, marriage records etc. then hiring a private detective may be an alternative. However, this approach can be costly. A better option might be to conduct your own search from the privacy of your home, using your computer, and a comprehensive database, which is used by detectives and investigators themselves. There are free public records databases you can use, but if you want to make your search much easier and do so in an anonymous and leisurely way, then check out the following site: http://www.reverse-look-ups.com.

Juvina is an expert in the field of People Search and is a contributing author for http://www.reverse-look-ups.com.