Private Investigator Research Links – June 1 – July 17
SaveYourCall.com – Record Calls.
Record Phone Conversations. Cell Phone Record. Record Conversations.
Record Cell Phone Calls
http://www.saveyourcall.comNationwide
search for real estate agents by name
http://www.realtor.org/rofindrealtor.nsf/pages/FS_FREALTOR?OpenDocument
Search by name or business to ID POE and local board.H-2A
Public Job Registry
http://icert.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehPJR.dspPJRExternalCases&state=ALLSelected
Guide to Sources for Genealogy California History Room
http://www.library.ca.gov/calhist/pdf/genealogyguide.pdf
City directories, newspapers, vital records, voter registrationNaturalization
documents for residents naturalized in Contra Costa County
http://www.cocohistory.org/frm-resources.html
Naturalization documents for residents naturalized in
Contra Costa County from 1850 to the 1980s.Bing
Query Language
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff795667.aspx
“Bing Query Language enables the incorporation of
advanced operator syntax in requests sent to Bing Application
Programming Interfaces. Advanced operator syntax is syntax that enables
you to refine a query.”California
Recorded Documents by county
http://www.ca.gov/OnlineServices/OS_Government_documents.html
“Search fictitious business names, deeds, mortgage
documents, easements, power of attorney, liens, and other documents
which affect title to or possession of real property – by county
clerk/recorder’s office.”California
Property Searches by county
http://www.ca.gov/OnlineServices/OS_Consumers_propsearch.htmlPublic
Records Searches – State of California
http://ca.gov/OnlineServices/OS_Government_records.html
Links to State government public records and some
county records (inmate locators, vial records)Public
Records Resources Online : How to Find Everything There Is to Know
About “Mr. X”
http://www.governmentinfopro.com/PublicRecordsGuide.pdfResources
and Guides: Government, Legal, References, Courts
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/ls/resource_guides.htmCalifornia
County Recorder Clerk’s Offices – URL Link
http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/countyclerk/other_rec.htmlThe
Real Life Social Network
http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2
Social networks are changing how we connect to people
but we still mostly relate to a small handful of people on a regular
basis.The
Secret Life Of Teens Online
http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702001
“Among the unsettling findings, 69 percent of 13- to
17-year-olds have included their physical locations on the social
networking status updates; 28 percent chat with people they don’t know;
43 percent revealed their first name; 24 percent, their email address;
18 percent, a photo of themselves; and 12 percent, their cell phone
numbers. More than 15 percent of 13- to 15-year-old girls shared a
physical description of themselves.”San
Francisco Pantries that give away free groceries or produce
http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/pantry_english.pdfSan
Francisco Free Eats – Places to get free food
http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/eats_english.pdfSan
Francisco Free Medical Care Facilities
http://www.freeprintshop.org/download/medical_english.pdfPhone
Number Location Lookup
http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/phonelocation.asp
“Phone Number Location Lookup” Enter the partial phone
number or city to get location, carrier, type of service (landline or
cell).Geographical Data –
Places, Landmarks, Cities, Counties, Maps
http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos
“Your One Stop for Finding and Using Geographic Data”Search
Engine Tutorial
http://www.brightplanet.com/images/uploads/12766231881-SearchEngineTutorialFormatted041218.pdfSearch trending words, phrases
and links
http://www.blogpulse.com/trend
“…visually track “buzz” over time for certain key
words, phrases or links.”Boardreader – Forum Search Engine
http://boardreader.com
Search conversational web: forums, microblogs, images,
videosOutlook Plugin to Search People, Email,
and Attachments Instantly
http://www.xobni.com
“Xobni for Outlook, the sidebar that makes searching
your inbox and finding information about your contacts fast and easy.”Sherman Library &
Gardens – Repository for Polk City Directories
http://www.slgardens.org/default.asp
2647 East Pacific Coast Highway
Corona del Mar, CA
92625Website design : Flavors.me
http://flavors.me
“Flavors.me allows anyone to create an elegant and
dynamic website using personal content from around the web for only $20 a
year.”Google Map of US Rest Areas
http://restareas.appspot.com
Markers for approximate location of highway rest stops.Common
Mistake Makes Tweets Invisible
http://adriandayton.com/2010/06/common-mistake-makes-tweets-invisible
Make @name tweets available to everyone.
Private Investigator Research Links – April 3 – May 4
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Acronyms and Abbreviations and Texting Lingo
"The Acronym Finder allows users to decipher acronyms from a database of over 600,000 entries covering computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military."
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Netvibes – Realtime information gathering
Custom keywords monitored on the web.
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A Guide to Facebook’s New, Simpler Privacy Controls
Settings changes as of May 2010.
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Sites that accept plastic bags for recycling.
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Prize winner employees at major retail companies
Search by name at Google, with site search.
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"Research commissioned by Microsoft in December 2009 found that 79 percent of United States hiring managers and job recruiters surveyed reviewed online information about job applicants." Download the pdf study.
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Find A Grave – Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
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California Live Scan Locations
California LIVE SCAN Fingerprint Services Locations
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Licensed Health Facilities in California
Search all the licensed Long-Term Care facilities or Licensed Hospitals in California and get complaints and citations.
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"Report Scams: What To Do If You Get Scammed"
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Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites
Search for availability of profile names at multiple social networking sites.
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"Enter a 5-digit ZIP Code to get a list of all the unique street names in the ZIP Code. Or enter all or part of a street name to get a list all the matches nationwide."
The rest of my favorite links are here.
Private Investigator Research Links – May 5 – May 29
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Acronyms and Abbreviations and Texting Lingo
"The Acronym Finder allows users to decipher acronyms from a database of over 600,000 entries covering computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military."
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Netvibes – Realtime information gathering
Custom keywords monitored on the web.
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A Guide to Facebook’s New, Simpler Privacy Controls
Settings changes as of May 2010.
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Sites that accept plastic bags for recycling.
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Prize winner employees at major retail companies
Search by name at Google, with site search.
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"Research commissioned by Microsoft in December 2009 found that 79 percent of United States hiring managers and job recruiters surveyed reviewed online information about job applicants." Download the pdf study.
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Find A Grave – Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
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California Live Scan Locations
California LIVE SCAN Fingerprint Services Locations
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Licensed Health Facilities in California
Search all the licensed Long-Term Care facilities or Licensed Hospitals in California and get complaints and citations.
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"Report Scams: What To Do If You Get Scammed"
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Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites
Search for availability of profile names at multiple social networking sites.
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"Enter a 5-digit ZIP Code to get a list of all the unique street names in the ZIP Code. Or enter all or part of a street name to get a list all the matches nationwide."
The rest of my favorite links are here.
Private Investigator Research Links – April 3 – May 4
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Drugs and the Drug Trade – Street Names
"Load of Laundry" has an alternative use… This site works with Internet Explorer only.
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Executive PayWatch Search 2010
Research company officer names, companies and pay of executives.
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Employment Screening Research and Employment Links
"Compliance Resources Employment Screening Background Checks "
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FamilySearch.org – Family History and Genealogy Records
19th and 20th century genealogical – census, vital, passenger records.
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Search the Register of Wills.
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Missing Money – Unclaimed Property Related Links
"Unclaimed Property Related Links"
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Check Emergency Medical Personnel Status
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) keeps a list of individuals who have gained and maintained status as a Nationally Certified First Responder, EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and/or Paramedic.
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"Pill Identifier Search by Imprint, Shape or Color"
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"full spending data for federal contracts"
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SEC EDGAR Full-Text Historical Search
2-week free trial
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"Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration and NFA membership information"
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"This dataset was collected and prepared by the CALO Project (A Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes). It contains data from about 150 users, mostly senior management of Enron, organized into folders."
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Pfizer payments to doctors database
"2009 Health Care Professionals Payments Disclosure Report"
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Private Investigator Research Links – Week of April 2
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Compensation – University of Miami – School of Medicine
Faculty Compensated Outside Professional Activities in the University of Miami Health System
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Summaries of State and Local Firearms Laws
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Expert Witnesses & Consultants
Find legal expert witnesses, mediators and professional resources. Add your own listing.
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Workplace Verification | Businesses Using E-Verify
"This database is a nationally accessible database of immigration status information, including more than 60 million records. "
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"over 74,000 city photos not found anywhere else, graphs of latest real estate prices and sales trends, recent home sales, home value estimator, hundreds of thousands of maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment…), geographical data, state profiles, crime data, registered sex offenders, cost of living, housing"
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"Members of the public are advised that not all opinions and rulings, even by participating judges, are necessarily posted to this page."
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The Traceability of an Anonymous Online Comment
"Yesterday, I described a simple scenario where a plaintiff, who is having difficulty identifying an alleged online defamer, could benefit from subpoenaing data held by a third party web service provider. Some third parties—like Facebook in yesterday’s example—know exactly who I am and know whenever I visit or post on other sites. "
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Industrial products and services
Search to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers -
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Private Investigator Research Links – Week of March 12
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Oregon Department of Justice – Search For Consumer Complaints
on-line database of complaints submitted to Oregon DOJ Consumer Hotline.
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"When you use the Ixquick or Startpage search engine, results will appear as normal, but underneath each link description will be a Proxy link too. Clicking it will allow you to visit a website, but remain private as it is loaded in an Ixquick privacy window. The downside to this is the page will load more slowly due to Ixquick having to retrieve it first, but if privacy is important then you probably won’t mind the wait."
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Witness Statements: Work Product or Not?
California: witness statements taken by attorneys or their agents (private investigators) are subject to discovery.
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Foreign Labor Certification Data Center
H1-B visa applications. From Foreign Labor Certification Data Center.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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