Archive for the ‘International’ Category

• New York Genealogy

• ITweetLive – Search tweets

• Genealogy Libraries in the U.S.

• Federal Audit Clearinghouse – audited companies and entities receiving federal funds

• Worldwide Company Data | shareholders, management board, finances of companies from various countries

• UK & Ireland company directors – current and historical

• UK Financial Services Firm Search

• Companies House – UK companies search

• Search and alerts on federal and state legislation – Scout

• Genealogy Research Guides at FamilySearch.org

The rest of my favorite links are here.

• ChangeDetection – Know when any web page changes

• InfoMinder – Web page tracker

• Commonwealth War Dead and Cemetery Database

• Charity and Non Profit Organizations Status Database

• Latest tweets and twitter trends | Chirpcity

• Find local blogs – Placeblogger

• State and Local Government Search Engine

• Google search bookmarklet for social search across the web

• Find neighbors on a street

• California Newspaper Catalog

• International Soundex Reunion Registry

• Lawyer profiles and assessments – Avvo.com

• Greg Notess: Speaker and Presenter on Web Searching for Researchers

• California Genealogical Society and Library Catalog

• California Libraries Catalog – find materials and libraries

• The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs & Body Language Cues

• NamUs – National Missing and Unidentified Persons System

• Missing Persons Database – California Dept. of Justice

• Google Plus Search, Google Plus Directory | Find People on Plus

• Access to Adoption Records – Summary of State Laws

• Information and Instructions to Verify Social Security Numbers Online

• UK Company Information

• Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System

• United States Online Historical City Directories

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database of slaving voyages

The rest of my favorite links are here.

Wouldn’t it be convenient and a boon to cross-border investigations to be able to search an online index of Mexico court records? An Internet search for a source for these directs you to Westlaw, a collection of legal research and fact-finding databases, costly and beyond the financial reach of most investigators. Searchsystems.net now includes Mexico civil and criminal index filings from Mexican federal and state courts in its collection of premium (fee-based) databases. Anyone can access the service, but Searchsystems subscribers get a discount. A free name search will return the number of records found in the index, but no other details. Once you enter the subject’s name and pay the fee you’ll be able to view all matching records. The detailed results provide party names, jurisdiction, date, court, docket number and, in criminal filings, the charges. A limitation of the Mexico criminal record indexes, unlike most US ones, is that they don’t contain a defendant’s date of birth. Here’s a image from a search result, or view a sample report at Searchsystems.

Do you know of any other Mexico civil or criminal index databases online?

[2011 Update: This database is no longer at Search Systems because the vendor isn't making it available.]

An article by CFO.com reports that a recent Ernst & Young survey of more than 300 corporate-development officers and other finance professionals found that many companies use forensic techniques, including hiring private investigators, to learn more about local market dynamics and the people involved in a potential deal.

This is a great opportunity for investigators to locally market their investigative skills and international contacts to conduct international investigations.

Many private investigators who belong to international PI associations such as WAD – World Association of Detectives, WAPI – World Association of Professional Investigators, CII – Council of International Investigators, WIN – World Investigators Network, and many more. Their members already know the financial benefits of international networking.

Our world has gotten much smaller with the Internet and ease of international travel and trade regulations.

You can learn more about international investigative marketing from Jimmie Mesis at PI Magazine.

The New York Attorney General site, Project Sunlight, makes many New York State public records accessible in one search. Conduct a name search simultaneously through corporation, charities, lobbyist, financial contributions and state contracts databases.

U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925 have been collected together into one database that can be searched by name or date and other criteria. Ancestry.com has assembled this from U.S. government sources The images of original applications may include photographs, physical descriptions, country of origin, place of residence, travel companions, marriage status and affidavits of relatives.

Search the FamilySearch.org index of international birth, death and marriage records collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ProGenealogists collect links to international vital records that are searchable in online databases.

The International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies links to state government insurance agencies, insurance fraud associations and international organizations. In the U.S., the same government agency can be responsible for investigating individuals who defraud insurance companies as well as dishonest insurance representatives who steal from or otherwise defraud the consumer. This site covers both types of resources.

The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud delivers consumer fraud alerts and research papers to journalists. The Coalition also has brief summaries of various insurance scams.

The Fraud Prevention Checklist is an interactive guide to assessing a company’s vulnerability to fraud, provided by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Get insurance company financial profiles and data on the types of policies they issue, from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Consumer education and tips on email scams, mortgage costs, tainted drugs and identity theft prevention are at the federal government Federal Citizen Information Center, Consumer Action Web site. The site also has a complaint form letter and a list of all the federal agencies to which you direct your complaints, with topical indicators (i.e. “Airline Accessibility or Discrimination” or “Telephone Service”)

Some states list enforcement actions at their Web site. The Maryland Insurance Administration regulates Maryland insurance companies and agents. It issues public orders of actions it takes against agents, agencies and brokers, cataloged to 2003. Search all enforcement actions by keyword from the Google search engine using this query but replacing “keyword” with your terms.

keyword site:www.mdinsurance.state.md.us/