How to Find My Previous Addresses (2024 Guide)

Trying to recall all the places you’ve lived in the past? Whether you’re just curious about your journey over the years or need your address history for a job or rental application, it can be tricky to piece together a complete list, especially if you’ve moved around a lot or are looking for addresses from years ago. Luckily, there are several methods you can use.

In this article, we’ll go over some effective ways to track down your previous addresses.

1. Check Your Delivery Addresses

If you’re a frequent online shopper on sites like Amazon, eBay, etc. or you’ve ordered food from sites like Uber Eats or Grubhub, don’t overlook your order history on these sites. When you place an order with these sites, they typically store your order details including the item you bought and your delivery addresses.

Simply log into your account and click “View order details” to check the associated delivery address. While this method might not cover every place you’ve lived, it can certainly help fill in the gaps, especially for addresses you might have forgotten.

2. Check Your Credit Reports

Your credit reports contains your personal information including names, addresses, Social Security Number, accounts and so on. So one reliable way to trace your old addresses is through your credit reports. If you’ve requested credit reports previously, simply check if you still have the copies.

If you don’t have your credit reports handy, you can request a free weekly credit report online from the big three credit agencies – TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian at www.annualcreditreport.com.

3. Review Your Tax Records

If you’ve kept your tax returns from previous years, you may be able to pull some past addresses from the records.

If you haven’t kept your tax documents, you can request a copy of your tax return for the current tax year and up to seven years prior. For this, you’ll need to pay $43 per copy.

An alternative to this is to order a free tax transcript from the IRS. You can get them for the current tax year and three prior tax years. However, your address details along with other personally identifiable information such as names and Social Security numbers are partially hidden. This means the address details won’t be fully visible to you, but you have a chance to recall the information from it.

4. Use People Search Tools

You might also find your old address information by using people search tools. These tools source various public records and might be able to bring up your old addresses.

While there are many paid options, like PeopleFinders, that claim to offer comprehensive information, we recommend that you use free tools for looking up past addresses. Here is a list of free people search tools you can try.

Just go to each site and search your full name. Be aware that these services are ad-supported and may display misleading ads. For example, clicking on “View Full Details” or “View Background Report” on these sites might redirect you to another paid website. However, clicking “View Details” usually provides the information for free.

5. Check Your Social Media Posts

Enjoy posting pictures, checking in to locations, and sharing location data with your friends on any social networks? If you do, you might be able to figure out the addresses you’ve lived from your posts.

Although you’re not likely to find a post with your exact address information, you might be able to recall some of your addresses from pictures or location tags.