When someone is getting married or having a baby, they make a list of things that they'd like to receive
as gifts.
This list is called a registry.
It helps guests know what the couple or the parents need or want.
So instead of guessing or getting something they might not use, guests can choose from this list or
this registry.
And each registry includes the partner name, the maiden name, details about the event and desired
items, and sometimes you'll be able to find more information in these records.
So the first website that I would like to show you is Amazon.
Amazon allows you to create a baby or a wedding registry.
All you have to do is just to go to the link that you'll find in the resources of this lecture, and
then put the person's name.
Now this is Amazon.com.
So it's going to search for the people that are in the United States.
But if you would like to find the registries in your country, then you want to change the.com to.uk.
Dot is for Spain, etc. so you want to change it to the top level domain of your country.
So for this example I'm just going to search for a certain person.
I'm just going to say John Smith.
And then I can select the city or state if I have this information.
And then I'm going to say search.
So here we can see the registrant name.
We can see John Smith and Rebecca Tucker.
So we can see the median name as well.
And the person that John is married to.
We can also see the location.
We can't see the full address.
But I think that this is enough.
And we can see when the baby is expected to come and we can see that it's on October 2024.
So after you find the person, you just have to click on the record and then you will be able to find
the registry.
So let me come back and click on another registry.
This one for example.
And here are the list of items that they would like to get from guests.
Here is another URL that you can use to search for a wedding registry.
It's also from Amazon.com, and you can change the top level domain to the top level domain of your
country.
So I'm going to say John Smith for example.
And here we can see that this person, John Smith, is getting married to Cindy.
And they were married on 2nd of August 2022.
We can also see the event location.
We can copy this address and put it in Google Maps and get more information about this place.
Now let me click on the record and we can see the list of items that they would like to get.
So we can see tales and books and some other toys.
And here are some items that were purchased by guests.
There is another website called my Register.com that will allow you to search in the United States only,
and all you have to do is just to add a person's name.
In my case, I have searched for Rishi Kabra but wasn't able to find anything.
So I'm just going to search for something else.
I'm going to say John Smith and then say search.
And the cool thing about this website is that it's going to search in wedding registries, baby registries,
and birthday gift registries.
So I'm going to click on the first link or the first registry.
And we can see that this is a wedding registry of John Smith.
And the wedding is going to be on 1st of January 2025.
We can also click on Continue to Registry to find more information.
So these are the things that he would like to get.
As you can see, another website that you can use is called the keynote, which will allow you to search
for wedding registries in the United States.
So all you have to do just to enter the first and last name of the person and then click on search.
And in my opinion, this website is very unique because it's going to show you some website templates
that they have created and shared information about the people that are getting married.
So let me show you an example.
I'm going to search for John Smith and then click on search.
And here are some registries.
We can see that this is the registrant name co registrant and wedding date and the wedding location
and the registry.
And sometimes you'll be able to find a website.
So in my case I'm going to scroll down and open this website.
We can see that John Smith is getting married to Sarah.
And this is in 2025 and the location is in this place.
I'm going to open the website, and please keep in mind that some of these websites are empty.
Doesn't include any information.
So I've picked one that has some information.
We can see the person and we can see their picture.
We can see their story if they have any.
And we can click on photos and see if there are some photos uploaded and some other information.
We can click on the wedding parties, things to do, travel or registry.
And we can see that there is nothing in here.
Another very popular website that you can use if you are searching for someone who is living in the
United States, is called target, and target will allow you to search in baby, wedding, wish list
or community registries.
So in my case, I'm just going to click on wedding and then search for the person first and last name
and then hit enter.
And then I'm going to say I'm not sure.
And here are all the records with the name John Smith.
So here we can see a record of John Smith, who is getting married to Chris.
And this is the location and the event date.
And we can click on View Registry to view what items they would like to get as a gift.
And in this case there is none.
So in this lecture, you have learned how you can search in registries and find more information about
the person who is living in the United States.
Now, the reason why this is important is because if you did not find the person in people search engines
or they don't have social media accounts, then you might be able to find them in one of these registries.
And this will also allow you to find their partner name.
And if you have their partner name, then you can search for their partner instead of the person that
you are looking for and assuming that they live together, then you can get more information about this
person.