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Book Description - The only Master Guide to online public record searching, The sixth edition details nearly 10.000 sites, both government agencies and private sources. This new edition is completely revised and updated.

Amazon.com - Looking for a long-lost friend? Perhaps siblings separated at early ages? Or what if you'd like to know more about a prospective tenant or employee? Get the Facts on Anyone can help. Investigative reporter Dennis King will teach you how to unearth useful data about your subject. King packs a lot of information into the chapters, covering everything from basic research techniques and the use of readily available resources to details on how to detect "paper trippers" with false identities. You'll also learn how to find "missing" people and how to get background information on others through a wide range of sources: newspapers, court records, military records, and "special methods" including license-plate surveillance and garbage analysis. Some of King's advice seems a bit paranoid (he advises "backgrounding" dates, lovers, and spouses), but much of it is valuable: Knowing the details of your lawyer's or physician's professional past would certainly help grant peace of mind. A great bibliography and lists of databases point you to additional sources for in-depth searches. This book would be a useful reference to employers, landlords, and anyone engaged in genealogical research. Journalists and other detail-oriented researchers will find it invaluable. Get the Facts on Anyone will teach you how to follow leads, paper trails, and your own instinct to find the information you desire. --C.B. Delaney

Amazon.com - The authors--father-daughter private investigators--know from experience just how often people want to find family members, natural parents, old flames, old friends, deadbeat dads, witnesses, or missing heirs. Furthermore, they know how easy and inexpensive it is to conduct the search. Using CD-ROM databases, death records, military connections, and the Internet (with its listings by phone directory, alumni lists, and professional associations), they say you can find what you're looking for on your own. Following their instructions and using their comprehensive resources, you ought to be able to find anyone in no time.

Book Description - An indispensable reference for students, journalists, and teachers — and endorsed by the Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. (IRE) — The Investigative Reporter’s Handbook is the most comprehensive classroom text available for courses in investigative reporting.
 

Book Description - Fully updated and expanded to include new sources now available to the public, Check It Out! shows readers how to run a thorough, confidential, and completely legal background search on someone, locate a person they haven't seen in years, and much more. The author, a top investigator, lets the reader in on the best investigative "tricks of the trade" and includes comprehensive information on using the Internet as an investigative tool.
 

Book Description - This intriguing book is written for do-it-yourselfers! It teaches the reader how to investigate someone, check credentials, locate a former friend, and more. Drawing on his experience as a private investigator for over 15 years, the author teaches the reader how to use the "tricks of the trade." In easy-to-follow text, the reader is given all of the tools necessary to: check a person's criminal history, civil history, and credentials. It also gives you the tools to locate old friends, classmates, etc. You can locate hidden assets and insurance policies. Locate ex-spouses who owe child support, and much more!
This book also includes over 400 public names and addresses (nationwide) to Drivers License Offices, Medical Boards, Bankruptcy Courts, Vehicle and Registration Agencies, Secretary of State Offices, Child Support Agencies, Workman's Compensation Offices and a listing of States in which Social Security numbers originate.

Book Description - The complete county, state and federal agency locater points you directly to the source. Indexed by subject matter. Provides information and assistance on how to search and where categories of records can be found in the public record. Contains many searching hints and is an excellent overall source of information that will especially help those not familiar with searching government records. Softcover. DLC: Courthouses--U.S.--States--Directories.

Book Description - The Family Records Centre in London is jointly managed by the Office of National Statistics and the Public Record Office, and contains Britain's most frequently consulted genealogical sources. This is an essential guide to the Centre's collections of birth, marriage, and death records, death duty registers and census returns, including the recently released 1901 Census. A clear guide is given to tracing the history of a family. Most PRO guides also contain addresses, phone numbers, web sites, and related collections at other locations for those not actually visiting the London premises.

Book Description - A Master Guide to the world online public records. Quickly find complete profiles of over 3,000 government agencies and private companies that provide Internet access to public records.