Do you need to find the contact information for someone, search for email address, find a residential address, or just get in touch with or reconnect with some lost friends or acquaintances? You can find all the information you are looking for either with free or paid services online.
First, yes, there are free services that will locate information for you, but they are few and far between, and the ones that I have found have given very limited information, and often it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. You can on occasion find the IP address of someone's email address, and if that is all you need it can often be done without paying.
However, in order to get all the pertinent info you may be looking for including of course an email address, you may need to use one of the paid services. They don't cost an arm and a leg though, and the fee is so small it is almost not worth worrying about. After all, isn't it much easier to get all the information you need without a bunch of hassle?
Not only that but these services keep huge databases and also allow you to search in reverse. So whether you are searching for someone's email using their name or whether you already have their name and just want to find their e-mail address, it works either way.
Now of course there are other methods for locating a person's address, and you can use these tried and true methods if you wish to avoid accessing the databases that are available. With all the social networks that are popping up every day, you may be able to just input the person's name into a search engine and find all you need right there for the taking. If they have listed themselves on one of the social sites or even on a site such as AOL (in their profile information), you may be able to easily find them.
But do keep in mind that a lot of people like to keep their information private and may not even be listed under their real name. So try to search using every variation you can think of and any nicknames you think they might use. If that doesn't work, you may want to just go ahead and search for their email address on one of the paid services. But it certainly doesn't hurt to try to do it yourself for free if you have the time.
