Private Investigator Blog

Are you on the prowl for new sources of telephone information? Take a look at the Phones Plus search added to the array of people finder tools offered by Accurint and IRB. Here’s the official announcement, somewhat short on details:...
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You may have been similarly frustrated as the reporter I overheard at the court clerk’s office. He was trying to convince a court clerk that a probation report was a public record. He was probably right but he didn’t have...
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Courthousedirect.com, an online supplier of county Recorder document images, has updated its site, improving the navigation and adding a few new products. Some Recorder indexes that are not available at the county website can be found at Courthousedirect. Now, if...
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The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has an index of birth, death and marriage records. The counties are still spotty; the death records cover the most counties and span more years than the birth and marriage records. Technorati...
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San Diego, California does not have the most useful or open access to building permit filings. The city site posts public notices for construction, which are searchable for one year. Technorati Tags: san+diego,...
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The genealogy database, Ancestry.com, is expensive for personal use, but a library version may be available for free from your local public library. The Ancestry library database includes the searchable U.S. Census and many other people background resources. The San...
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Flightview lets you track the progress of a flight, with a 3 minute delay, if you provide the airlines and flight number. At the FlightAware site you can track non-commercial planes by tail number, or search by airport to view...
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A free web-based document sharing tool, available at writely.com, gives you a customizable site where you can create or store documents and photos, then share them with a select group. The files can be edited by the group, or not,...
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GIS mapping systems, now online for many cities, will plot a real property address on an aerial photograph. The GIS mapping site for Oakland, California has real property owner names, which are not available through the Alameda County Assessor online...
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This article, an introduction to interviewing techniques, comes from Humansource.com, a Canadian enterprise that provides competitive intelligence training. The author advises the interviewer to conduct research in advance of the interview and to try to develop a psychological advantage by...
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