Top 20 Email Search & Address Book Websites

Looking for people online? Looking for an email address? Take a closer look to find friends old and new and business contacts with these email address directories and people search engines. Here are your best bets.

People Search Pipl – Free People Search Site

In real time, Pipl scans databases and directories such as ICQ, Amazon profiles, flickr or SEC records to find information without search engine users being able to see it.

Intelius People Search – Find people on the site

By accessing various public records, Intelius provides a comprehensive search for US email addresses and can also identify the person behind the email address.

LinkedIn People Finder – Free People Finder Site

LinkedIn’s worldwide network of professionals can be searched by name, industry, company, region, etc. LinkedIn also offers opportunities to connect.

LexisNexis Public Records – People Finder Service

For serious research, LexisNexis searches public records and private databases for hundreds of millions of people and companies.

PeopleSmart – people search service

PeopleSmart expertly finds people and forwards messages to their email addresses so you can reach them. In addition, PeopleSmart can search for a person by email address in a reverse email search.

Data.com Connect – Free People Search Site

Data.com Connect helps you find business contacts in different companies and countries using multiple criteria to narrow your search.

Facebook people search

You can find anyone on Facebook (and everyone is on Facebook) by college, company, school, or name.

yasni – free people search site

Yasni browses social media, the web, blogs, Amazon wishlists, and custom posts for anyone you want. If your search is fruitless, you can quickly create a missing persons ad.

FreshAddress.com – Free People Search Site

FreshAddress.com links old and new email addresses, but it is always an up-to-date database, you can also search by other criteria.

EmailSherlock.com Email Search

EmailSherlock intelligently searches directories and public records, as well as web services such as online calendars, to return data and details about the person behind an email address.

Spokeo – email back, site search

Spokeo’s reverse email search shows the name, photos, videos, social media profiles, blogs, and non-email contact information behind the email address.

MyLife is a free people search site.

Enter a name and approximate age on MyLife and it will often find the person you are looking for. After registration you can also see their details.

Myspace.com Discover people

MySpace was once social network to meet friends online. It was densely populated. You can still find ways to connect with artists and possibly old friends on Myspace.com.

InfoTracer

InfoTracer collects publicly available information — from Social Security data to blogs and business owners — to search by name, location, and email address.

BeenVerified – Search Site by Email

Email Finder finds more than email addresses. It is basically looking for the person behind the email address with a detailed profile – members only.

Reunion.com People Finder – Free People Finder Site

After registration (which puts you in the directory), Reunion.com provides comprehensive results that help you connect with the people you knew. For example, you can also search by school and see who is looking for you.

XING is a free people search site.

Popular in Europe, XING helps you find and connect with companies and their people.

ICQ Phone Directory – Free People Search Site

Search the ICQ user list by multiple criteria to find old and new friends and their email addresses.

PeekYou People Search – Free People Search Site

You can search PeekYou profiles for people (and how to contact them) by name, company, or school.

ThatsThem.com

You can search ThatsThem.com by name and address or, for reverse searches, by email address, with mixed results in my experience.