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Category Archives: Research Methods

27 Aug

Find Students With Facebook Search Tool

I search Facebook in due diligence investigations, to develop background on parties and witnesses in civil cases, to find relatives related to genealogy and probate matters and to gather photos. The Facebook Graph search tool by NetBootCamp can guide you...
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23 Oct

Supplement Online Public Records With A Phone Call

Can one assume that an online government index is complete even within the inclusive dates? What can you get if you supplement that with a phone call to the agency? A database that aggregates criminal records indicated that my subject...
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Criminal, Databases, Public Records, Research Methods Criminal, database, research Leave a comment

23 Oct

Exposing Invisible Linkedin Profiles To Retrieve Resumes

Are you gathering names of people who work at a company? Searching for those through Linkedin may return an invisible profile if you’re not in the network of that individual. Your Linkedin network consists of your 1st, 2nd and 3rd...
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Research Methods, Social Networks due diligence, Linkedin, resume 1 Comment

23 Nov

Find A Confidential Marriage

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....
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California, Public Records, Recorder, Research Methods, Vital Records 4 Comments

31 May

Google AROUND Operator

[9/1/2016 UPDATE: A better search engine for proximity searches may be Yandex. See: http://booleanstrings.com/2016/08/28/who-offers-proximity-search/] I hadn’t seen anything written in the past few years on the undocumented (not in the “official” list) Google “AROUND” operator, which enables the searcher to...
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Research Methods, Search Engines "search operators", Google, Yandex Leave a comment

7 Dec

Facebook Keyword Search

Facebook keyword search by URL ID numbers to return targeted profiles that can’t be searched though the search bar. One of the blog posts in Five Sourcing Tips I Learned From Others that sourcer/recruiter Irina Shamaeva recommends is The Facebook...
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18 Aug

Background People Using Yelp

Yelp isn’t just a tool for finding a local restaurant. At least not in the hands of a private investigator. How do you background people using Yelp? Find their friends. Identify a user name that can be searched at Google...
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16 Aug

How Do I Search Craigslist?

Search Craigslist by phone number or any partial number, even if the number isn’t displayed within the posting. Select “show contact info” to see the hidden number. Words — including partial names, addresses or numbers — that are in...
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Research Methods, Search Engines 4 Comments

2 Jul

Find a Linkedin Cached Profile

Is this a familiar result when you search for a Linkedin profile and want to view the cached version? There’s no drop-down arrow following the link to choose in order to view the cached page. Here’s how to find a...
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Research Methods, Social Networks 1 Comment

8 Jun

Myspace and Flickr for Photo Search

Are you neglecting Myspace in your social media background search? It’s less fruitful since the format changed from engagement with friends to music sharing, but it’s still a repository for old photos and may be where you find those when...
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