Search an online court index. It functions well (some do) and it returns an index record of cases filed for the subject’s name. But you don’t know if “no record found” is a false negative, do you? This is a... Read more »
My inquiry started with six “no’s” and ended with a “yes” and a fist bump. What’s the law in California regarding verifying a confidential marriage? And who knows it? Private investigators? Genealogists? County clerks? The county clerks aren’t equally informed.... Read more »
Not all government sites are created equal. How do you interpret the discrepancy between the New York Department of Corrections Inmate Information lookup and the New York Department of Corrections Parolee Search? The result from a name search on the... Read more »
[UPDATED May 2014] There are many commercial services that offer a free FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number) search by company name across multiple states simultaneously. All return different results and amount of detail. Free FEIN searches that also have a... Read more »
Website links of interest to private investigators, librarians, lawyers and information researchers. Websta – Online Instagram web viewer twXplorer – Search terms and hashtags in Twitter Sex Offender Facial Recognition Match International Business Registries How to Bypass Quora Login Links... Read more »
Mostly free websites for fact finding and online research for private investigators, genealogists, info pros, attorneys, journalists and the public. MetaLib® – Search Multiple Government Databases Free Public Records Searches | Black Book Online Search Instagram Photos, People, Places –... Read more »
[UPDATE: April 8, 2014] Find out which government records are available to the public in each state in the revised, Open Government Guide, produced by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The access to public records for private... Read more »
I have endeavored to compile links to all of the databases of government employees with names and salaries hosted by online newspapers, consumer watchdog organizations and government agencies. on the PI buzz page Government Employees. In the past few years,... Read more »
UPDATE: The free bankruptcy search that I previously mentioned in this post has been discontinued, therefore I deleted the post. The best, most complete source for bankruptcy case searches by name or Social Security number is the one operated by... Read more »