Private Investigator Blog

You may see some similarity between a free index of criminal records and a fee site. Take a look at the formatting on the search results at the Minnesota Criminals Background (free reg. req.)free search and compare it to the...
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There don’t seem to be a lot of exciting new elements being added to the content or functionality of proprietary databases. Knowx has added a search tool it imaginatively calls Tracer. The descriptive information at the site is scanty and...
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The author of the blog Abstract Appeal notes that the work product privilege that extends to investigators working for attorneys does not extend to conditions where the investigator is listed as a trial witness. See the posting under the heading,...
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Public records, free internet information sources and factual research are topics on the PI News Link blog, operated by Tamara Thompson, of interest to private investigators, attorneys, journalists and other information gatherers. All this is to say, Google has added...
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Search for trademarks and service marks registered in Idaho on the Secretary of State’s website. Search results includes a description of the mark, name of the registrant, registration and expiration dates, status, and the goods and/or services associated with the...
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Use this online searchable database of people who arrived at the immigration stations in San Francisco and Honolulu between 1882 and 1955. Search by name to identify case numbers, and obtain the file at the Federal Records Center in San...
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The Privacy Foundation is sponsoring a day-long conference on The Corporate Perspective On Privacy, which those of you in Colorado may want to attend. See the complete details at their site. The Southeast Investigators Conference, which gets under way in...
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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that state employee addresses are not “records” but merely “contact information”, therefore are not subject to the state’s Public Records Act. Read the article. Read the...
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Louisiana State University has launched a searchable online database of Hurricane Katrina evacuees housed at the Red Cross Emergency Shelters at LSUS and Hirsch Coliseum. And here’s a site where you can search for Katrina’s victims. UPDATE – September 8:...
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Edgecombe County, North Carolina property and tax information, including spatial mapping, is now available online in a searchable database. Read the article or just go to the...
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