Revealing the techniques that private investigators use to find out almost anything about anyone, an unusual guide explains how to find missing people, collect financial information, investigate court records, and use Internet and CD-ROM resources to get information.
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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
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This review is from: Get the Facts on Anyone (Get the Facts on Anyone)3rd Edition (Paperback)
I have read or looked into almost every book on this topic and feel Get the Facts on Anyone is one of the best and a worthwhile investment. It is logically laid out, professionally written and full of usable action items. Don't hesitate to purchase this book.
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THE "PEOPLE TRAIL" MADE EASY,
This review is from: Get the Facts on Anyone (Get the Facts on Anyone)3rd Edition (Paperback)
This is a great book. King has written a comprehensive guide to finding information on anyone, especially if they are to play an essential role in your life -- doctor, attorney, lover, etc. I am particularly impressed with his chapter Checking Out Your Date, Lover or Spouse, which should be SOP for women today; and his chapter Checking Out Your Physician -- something most of us have not known how to do before now. These areas are vital to a woman's health and safety, and King supplies the means of knowing exactly who you are dealing with by presenting step-by-step techniques for investigating a person's backround and history. I think, in this day and age, everyone should have a copy of GET THE FACTS ON ANYONE.
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awesome guide,
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This review is from: Get the Facts on Anyone (Get the Facts on Anyone)3rd Edition (Paperback)
This guide was comprehensive, thorough, and was chock full of information. Get the Facts on Anyone, was full of resources, both online and offline of getting information. This book can be used to verify information you think you already know, or find out what you may not know. Well worth the investment.
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We live in a record-keeping society. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
online people finders, amateur muckraker, blocking code, crisscross directory, court indexes, secondary identifiers, hot pages, reverse traces, searched online, newspaper databases, docket sheet, street listings, faculty directory, other public records, death index, deeds office, back editions, state repository, skip tracers, agency databases, print directories Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Social Security, Library of Congress, Department of Motor Vehicles, Directory Assistance, Select Phone, Foundation Center, New Jersey, North Carolina, Coast Guard, Biography Index, First American, Physician Select, Copyright Office, Corporate Affiliations, Los Angeles Times, Newspaper Abstracts, Periodical Abstracts, Personal Name Index, Poor's Register, Salvation Army, Thomas Register, Washington Post, Air Force New!
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online people finders, amateur muckraker, blocking code, crisscross directory, court indexes, secondary identifiers, hot pages, reverse traces, searched online, newspaper databases, docket sheet, street listings, faculty directory, other public records, death index, deeds office, back editions, state repository, skip tracers, agency databases, print directories Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Social Security, Library of Congress, Department of Motor Vehicles, Directory Assistance, Select Phone, Foundation Center, New Jersey, North Carolina, Coast Guard, Biography Index, First American, Physician Select, Copyright Office, Corporate Affiliations, Los Angeles Times, Newspaper Abstracts, Periodical Abstracts, Personal Name Index, Poor's Register, Salvation Army, Thomas Register, Washington Post, Air Force New!
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