Performing a free people search on the World Wide Web can be a very frustrating ordeal. I have found that the biggest obstacle is finding a service that truly provides a free service. What makes it tougher to find a good site is also the fact that there are hundreds of services to choose from and most of these services are terrible.

Weeding through all these sites is pain in the neck that most people would rather not deal with. A lot of surfers even give up on their search for a free people search service after being mislead over and over .

I have also spent hours upon hours looking for the perfect service only to come up empty handed again and again. I started my search when I wanted to find an old girlfriend from high school. I started my search the same way most arm chair detectives have in the past. I used the search engines to try and find a service that allowed me to conduct a free people search investigation the where abouts of my lost friend.

My first trys in finding such a site lead me to many sites that would allow free searches but then wanted payment for the results. I then saw an article in the local newspaper that spark my interest.

This article was about a new service that my local county was offering. It allowed the user to search county public records as far back as 1940. It was like being physically at the courthouse with access to all it's public data. My advice to you, if you are in need of a good free people search is to contact your state or local government and enquire about free public record services that they may offer. To my surprise; I have discovered that most governments (local and state) do offer these free services. To learn more about free people search sites, go to Free People Search