People
See also
This page:
Biography |
Finding People |
Names |
Genealogy
Biography
See also
- Biographical listings under specific subjects
- Public Records for sources for investigations
- This Day in History for significant birthdays and anniversaries
- The Biographical Dictionary
- Biographies PolySearch Engine - Péter Jacsó's page for searching multiple biography sites
- Biography (Internet Public Library)
- Biography.com - An online dictionary of biography
- NNDB - Database of people, living and dead, emphasizing connections from one person to another
- Who2 - Famous people past and present
- World Biographical Index (K. G. Saur)
- WorldCat Identities - Information about names in the WorldCat database (people who are authors and/or subjects)
- Dead People Server - Is that famous person still alive?
- Find a Grave - Famous and not-so-famous people
- Legacy.com - Obituaries and death notices from many newspapers
- Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Dead People:
Finding People
- People Finder Guide on the Virtual Chase - Loads of resources, by law librarian Genie Tyburski
- Pipl - Search deep Web sources, including databases not searchable through the general Web search engines
- Yahoo People Search - Phone numbers, reverse phone numbers, e-mail addresses
- E-mail Directories
- Telephone Directories
- Public Records
More Tools for Finding People:
Names
- Baby Name Wizard
- Most Common Names in the U.S. - 1990 (U.S. Census Bureau)
- The Name Machine - Track the popularity of names in the U.S. over time
- Popular Baby Names - Get a list of the most popular names or search for a name, for years going back to 1879 (U.S. Social Security Administration)
Genealogy
See also
- Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - Huge list
- Ancestry.com - A great source for all kinds of records, but it's a subscription site.
- RootsWeb - Social site for genealogists: discussions, advice on getting started
- Death Indexes
- Ellis Island - Passenger records for the immigration station of the Port of New York where more than 20 million people disembarked between 1892 and 1924
- FamilySearch - Ancestor search and other kinds of searches (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
- Local History & Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)
- Social Security Death Index
- United Kingdom Genealogy
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Birth, marriage, and death records