:: Find A Person Without Leaving Home

 It is easy to find a person yourself

It is easy to find a person without having to hire a professional.  There are no guarantees that you will be successful, but this site will give you the basics to try a search on your own.  If you don’t succeed, you can always hire an investigator.

With all the resources available online and a little bit of knowledge, you will easily tip the odds in your favor.  It doesn’t matter if you are trying to find a lost loved one, an old friend you have lost touch with, a birth parent or adoptee or even someone who owes you money and skipped town, you can use the information and resources on this site to make your search successful.

Good luck to you and read on to get started!

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Take the Steps

Making the decision is Step 1

Every journey starts with the first step.  When you are looking for a lost loved one, birth parent/adoptee search or someone who owes you money and has skipped town, the first step is to make the decision to search. 

Making the decision to find a person can be very emotional and can have repercussions for your life and theirs. 

In Step 2 you will plan your strategy. 

Make your search fit into your life. You can choose to do your search primarily through the mail, visit the places you think the subject has been or do an internet search with the many public records that are available online.

Choosing records is Step 3

Your subject has left a paper trail.  Records are the best tool to help you find people.  Birth, death and marriage records are only the beginning. From city to federal records, there will be a trail you can follow to your subject.

Step 4 – Begin your search

Put it all together and combine your strategy with the records and use the resources in step 4 to begin your search.
We provide Sample letters, links to the addresses of  government offices who might have the records you need and great online resources for locating these same records very quickly.

One note here, we are not responsible for the outcome of your search, only for giving you many of the resources you need. Please use this information wisely and for the betterment of yourself and others. 
You are ready to find a person without leaving home, select step 1 from the menu on the right and begin your journey.

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Decide the priority of your commitment

Is it casual, compelling, urgent or critical?  Then based on your priority, establish a beginning and completion deadline.

Based on your commitment priority, set an expense budget and keep to it. 

Stay mindful of your costs, write down the amounts you spend in your search journal. Keeping good records of your search and a journal will be essential. 

Also expect to pay some document fees for birth parent or relinquished child searches.  Copies of birth, marriage or death records will have to be purchased and there may be notarization fees as well.  Some agencies now have records online and though there are fees involved, they are quite economical.  Some great records search sites are listed on the resources page. Using these resources will really help keep expenses down.

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Make a list of your own information

List information about yourself as relates to your subject.  This is mostly if you are searching for a birth parent/adoptee.  Start with your date of birth and place of birth if you know them.  Make a note of any numbers on your birth certificate.  If this is all you have, it is still a good place to start.

Once you have all of your information together, you will start to organize it and create a profile of your subject.  The next step is to select information and organization from the menu on the right.

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:: Create A Profile

A Profile Is Essential
Create a profile of the person you are searching for.  This will be an invaluable tool in finding them.  A good profile includes as much of the following as you can supply:

Name-First, middle, last, maiden, confirmation, nicknames and any other known aliases
Gender- M/F
Vital Statistics- Day, month, year, place of birth; Social Security Number
Physical Description- Height, weight, hair/eye color, glasses, facial hair, accent, lisp, tattoos, deformity, limp, scars, moles etc.
Descent- Caucasian, African American, Asian, Latin, Middle Eastern, Polynesian, etc.
Last Address- and any previous if known
Education-Grammar, high, college, trade; years attended, dates of graduation
Occupation- Business, trade, profession, last employed as, retired etc.
Organizations- Labor, social service, trade, professional, religious,etc.
Religion-Denomination, frequent service attender
Military- Branch of service, period served, where, when, rank at discharge, serial Number
Licenses- Driver (state, number), pilot, barber, contractor, doctor, lawyer, etc.
Hobbies-Fishing, knitting, golf, hang gliding, etc.
Subscriptions-magazines, websites etc.
Possible Locations-Where you have been told the person is, where you think the person might be
Search Reasons-Legal/health crisis, friendly/loving desire for contact, financial/credit
Relationship-Birth parent/adoptee, immediate family, other relative, lover, friend, priest, doctor, etc.

Make copies of your profile, include any photos you might have.  If you don’t have all the information, just put together what you can and know that you will fill in the rest as you talk to people and agencies. 

Remember to update the profile every time you learn something new. 

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