{"id":1596,"date":"2016-04-05T17:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1596"},"modified":"2025-03-06T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T22:26:08","slug":"find-people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/debjnelson.com\/?page_id=1596","title":{"rendered":"Backgrounding & finding people"},"content":{"rendered":"

One-stop shopping:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Tool Kit<\/a><\/p>\n

Phones and addresses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DexPages<\/a>\u00a0phone book – yellow and white pages for landlines<\/p>\n

Spokeo<\/a> – cell, email, address history<\/p>\n

Numberway<\/a> Phone #s<\/p>\n

Backgroundchecks.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Fastpeoplesearch.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skymem.info<\/a> for finding email addresses by organization or company<\/p>\n

Social media advanced search:<\/strong><\/p>\n

WhatsMyName<\/a> identifies people behind user names<\/p>\n

Pimeyes<\/a> reverse image facial recognition<\/p>\n

Who Posted What<\/a><\/p>\n

LinkedIn advanced search<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter advanced search<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a>\u00a0advanced search<\/p>\n

Instagram search tips<\/a> from GIJN<\/p>\n

Facebook search via Netbootcamp<\/a>\u00a0Search by keywords,\u00a0name, email, screen name or phone (Note: Privacy settings may\u00a0block queries.)<\/p>\n

GeoSocial <\/a>Footprint<\/a> Check your social media footprint<\/p>\n

Flickr<\/a> Geo-located photos<\/p>\n

WebMii<\/a> Profile search engine<\/p>\n

Identify<\/a> Combined web identity (Works with Firefox)<\/p>\n

#FirstTweet<\/a> Find anyone\u2019s first Tweet<\/p>\n

SearchSystems.net<\/a> Public records links<\/p>\n

WHOIS<\/a> Website ownership<\/p>\n

Court and penal records:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Courtreference<\/a> Links to all 50 states’ courts and, for each state, what kinds of cases are filed where. (Note that many states\u00a0don’t have statewide searches available; you have to search county by county.)<\/p>\n

Google scholar courts search<\/a>\u00a0Court opinions for cases filed in federal trial and appeals courts; for appellate decisions in state courts (but not trial courts).<\/p>\n

Pacer<\/a>\u00a0Case search in federal courts. Free registration but a small charge per page if you download documents, so be sure to save them.\u00a0Add the Recap extension<\/a> to Chrome or Firefox for free access to documents other Recap users have downloaded from Pacer.<\/p>\n

U.S. Tax Court<\/a>\u00a0filings<\/p>\n

Federal inmate search<\/a> 1982-present<\/p>\n

TheInmateLocator.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Vinelink.com<\/a>\u00a0local and federal custody status, criminal case information<\/p>\n

ICE detainee list<\/a><\/p>\n

Hall of Justice<\/a> – Sunlight Foundation compilation of national and state criminal justice datasets (not being updated)<\/p>\n

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One-stop shopping: Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Tool Kit Phones and addresses: DexPages\u00a0phone book – yellow and white pages for landlines Spokeo – cell, email, address history Numberway Phone #s Backgroundchecks.org Fastpeoplesearch.com Email: Skymem.info for finding email addresses by organization or company Social media advanced search: WhatsMyName identifies people behind user names Pimeyes reverse image facial recognition … <\/p>\n

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