Maybe you want to send a card or invitation, but you can't find the address or maybe you came to a friend's house to discover that a different person lives there. There are only a few reasons why some want to find an address. Whether you want to search for lost addresses or find old friends, figuring out where someone lives can be easy.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Finding an Address Over the Internet
Step 1. Use your phone's reverse lookup tools
Internet sites can help you find a phone number and possible address that match the person you are looking for. Both the yellow pages and the white pages provide this service.
If you are going to search for someone's personal information over the Internet, you will run into privacy issues. Finding someone's address and arriving uninvited can be considered harassment or a violation of privacy
Step 2. Look in the white pages
The white pages allow you to search for a person if you know their name and the city in which they live. This tool can also allow you to find their phone number. By obtaining her number, you will be able to contact her and ask for her address.
- If you can't find the white pages for your country in the link above, click here, where there is a list of more Latin American countries and also other non-Spanish-speaking countries.
- When searching for someone online, you may have to look up their names in different ways. Try searching for him by nicknames, bachelor names, and birth names.
Step 3. Use social networks
Typically, social media includes the city where people live. Many sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, use GPS to post a person's location as they post. While these social networks may not give you the address directly, they can provide a way to contact the person to ask yourself. Try sites such as Facebook and Linkedin.
- On almost all social networks, users have to create an account and log in to view other members' information. On some of these sites, such as Facebook, the user has to accept your friend request before you can see their personal information.
- Searching for people on social media can be considered cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined as the use of the Internet or other electronic means as a way to harass, intimidate, threaten, control and seduce another person. This includes email and interaction through social media such as Facebook. Additionally, secretly observing or collecting information about a person can also be considered cyberbullying. Many cyberbullies start out by tracking their victims over the Internet, often through social media. If you are looking for a person through social media, be careful not to exceed any limits.
Step 4. Use a website to find friends with whom you have lost contact
These sites are designed to help us find people with whom we have lost contact, but sadly they are almost non-existent in Spanish or still very limited. In Spain, you can try to try Listin or AntiguosAlumnos.
Step 5. Pay someone to help you
If these free methods don't give you any results, there are several sites that can give you a more detailed report about a person for a small fee. Most of these sites are available in English only, but to get an idea of how it works, you can visit the most popular one: Intelius.
Be cautious when using these websites. These websites claim that they can access public records, but this level of investigation of personal information can be considered a serious invasion of privacy
Method 2 of 2: Find an Address Without Using the Internet
Step 1. Use a phone book
Start your search with a paper phone book to find a name and address. You will be able to find many people and businesses along with their phone number and address. You can also use the first one to contact the person and thus verify their address.
If you know the name of the place where the person works, you can look up the address or phone number of their workplace. You could contact her at work to ask for her home address
Step 2. Use the alumni directories
Contact your school or university to find an address or purchase a copy of the phone book.
- Many schools also have online databases, forums, social media groups, and email lists. You could contact people through these means to find their information.
- Most alumni associations have presidents or representatives that you can contact for information. They will be able to point you in the right direction. If you are part of an organization together with that person, you can contact that organization to see if they have phone books or mailing lists.
Step 3. Ask around you
One of the easiest ways to find out where a person lives is to ask mutual friends or family. Talk to people who may still live in their hometown or who communicate with that person on a regular basis. They may have a forwarding address to contact the person or a phone number where you can reach them.
Warnings
- If the person doesn't know you, be aware that they may mistake you for a stalker.
- Each country has its own rules regarding harassment. While the laws may vary depending on the location, harassment is a crime. If you are looking for someone's address, remember that you should never invade their privacy.
- Keep in mind that if you invade someone's privacy by discreetly finding out their address when they don't intend to give it to you, it will be considered disrespectful.