Popular Databases

Put in a city, state, or country and this will give you the area code(s). Or type the city, area, or country code to find the corresponding place name.

Use this North American Numbering Plan Administration service to search by city and state for Area Code information.

Search for MasterCard ATM locations.

Search for global VISA ATM locations.

Martindale-Hubbell attorney and law firm directory.

Where is your bank now? Search the Federal Reserve database for the results of bank mergers, acquisitions, and name changes.

Search the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) database and locate bank branch offices nationwide by name, address, zip code, or county.

Search the Arizona Department of Health Services Genealogy database for birth certificates after 1887. By Arizona law certificates aren't made available until 75 years after the date of birth.

The Huntington Library provides this wonderful database of early California historical records covering between 1769 and 1850. Search for births, deaths, marriages, baptisms, military status, mission records, occupations, and much more.

Search for births, deaths, marriages, and family history information with this Latter Day Saints Church service.

For those of you with kids. Search for residential camps, day camps, tours & adventures, specialty camps, focused camps, special needs camps, camps with religious emphasis, and family retreats nationwide.

Index of California Coastline aerial photographs.

EDGAR database of SEC listed public companies.

U.S. Copyright Office copyright information on books, music, art, periodicals, documents, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Put in an address and the Cedar Project server tries to correct the U.S. address and enters or completes the zip+4 code.

This is a little-known, but superb address database. Input a postal address and this service will correct it and put the address into the proper U.S. postal service format, including the ZIP+4 code.

Search by city & state and it will provide you with the county name.

Get Human put together this terrific database of company customer service number, live chat access, call-backs, and emails that really work. Provides reviews and average wait times.

Dead People Server database of "interesting celebrities who are long dead or newly dead."

Social Security death index from FamilySearch.

Department of Health & Human Services HRSA database of Health Education Assistance Loan borrowers who are in default.

Smilefinder database. Find a dentist in your area by specialty, treatment desired, city, zip code, city and/or state or province. Results give you name, address, phone number and dental education.

Find out if your doctor is receiving drug company money. Search by physician name and state.

Ship manifests of passengers who came to America through Ellis Island.

Wonderful collection of stories about notable female ancestors.

Locate the gas station with the cheapest gasoline in your area with this site. Includes American and Canadian listings.

U.S. Board on Geographic Names database.

Global Terrorism Database (GTD) of terrorist attacks worldwide.

Search by airline and aircraft to view aircraft seating charts and pick a good seat or stay away from a bad one.

Searchable index of rare and historical photographs.

Search by address, street, or neighborhood for home values and sales comparables. You can adjust the value for improvements, area, and view maps or aerial photographs (where available).

This is just so cool. View Hubble Astronomy Images, look at Servicing Mission Images from the past decade, check out Live Webcams, browse through a collection of Hubble related Animations or watch the webcast of NASA TV.

Find domain names, DNS hosting, Whois, Spam, IPWhois, ping hosts, decode obfuscated URLs, and more.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides this lookup service that provides information on arrests, inmates, and releases. You never know which Hollywood Star will take up residence here next.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Status finder searches from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDS), including active duty status, military status, evacuation tracking, military lending and more. Some are restricted, others are open to the public.

Instructions on how to guess a name variation, as well as helpful databases and tables.

Patent application and issued patent searches from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

PET FBI database of lost and found pets.

Use this Infobel service to search phone listings worldwide.

Find out if a Social Security number is valid. Results include whether or not the SSN has been issued, the date of issuance, and whether or not it has been used in a death claim.

Supreme Court of the United States for dockets, opinions, and orders.

Database of consumer surgeon ratings.

Search the FCC database of Telephone & Wireless Communications Companies.

Database of fictional detectives, from the hard core to the hard-boiled, including our own Crispin Darke at darkedetective.com.

Registered trademark searches from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) database of vehicle recalls.

Find out the identity of web hosting service behind any domain, including nameservers, and other useful information.

Find United States Postal Service zip does by address or city and state, or find cities by zip code.