In the pre internet days, people used to rely on newspapers as their primary source of information. Today, the internet has transformed how we find the important information we need in our daily lives.

The amazing changes that the world wide web has brought about has changed how we find people we have lost touch with, including long lost family members. This leads me to the subject of my article, People Search.

There are many resources available for finding people. The top free resources for finding people include the social networks. For example, Facebook is a leader in this area. Hundreds of millions of people are on the service. These services tend to cater to people who tend to be younger.

An alternative to using social networking sites is to subscribe to membership services where you get more comprehensive information. The upside is that you will get much better information. The downside is obviously the price, cost, fee, membership fee, subscription fee.

People who are open to signing up for a paid for service can sign up with a reverse phone service. Just enter the phone number and you will receive information like mobile carrier, carrier, recent address, and person's name.

There are many sites that claim to be free reverse phone lookup services, but almost all of them end up leading to the same paid sites anyway, so as the saying goes, there's no such thing as a free lunch. If you are looking for information about a phone number and you need it quickly, you must use the subscription services.