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His cell phone rings, yet he ignores it as if nothing happened. You inquire about the call, and he blows off the incident as nothing. A few more minutes elapse, and the phone rings again. On this occasion, your husband states that he needs to take the call in private, leaving you alone with an idle mind. He does not return right away and curiosity begins to burn deep inside of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;What is the big secret? Who is he talking to?&lt;br /&gt;---------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your husband finally returns, hesitant to speak, but eventually fumbles what resembles an excuse. The two of you continue the movie in silence, as your mind continues to wander. After the ending credits, he is quite anxious to leave your presence. Self consciously, you are drawn to the cell phone left he left sitting on the carpet. Eager to learn more about his strange behavior, you pick it up and search through the most recent phone numbers. Impulse forces you todial the last one. Your heart beats with uncertainty as the phone rings. Someone picks up onthe other end, yet there is mutual silence. Finally they hang up, leaving you with a bother some dial tone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instantly, you assume the worst; your husband is cheating. You dash to the home office with haste. Vigorously you dig through the file cabinet in search of your most recent bill. You examine your cell phone records and find that the mysterious number has repeated activity. Now your mind begins to race, thinking of ways to trace that cell phone number to a specific name, preferably the woman who is claiming your husband's extra time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many women panic in this situation. They instantly think to tail their husband's every move by hiring a professional private investigator. While that is not a bad idea, there are other methods to employ. Performing a reverse search of your husband's cell phone calls could acquire the information and identity you seek. This method has proven effective for a curious spouse and is much less expensive than contracting a private investigator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------&lt;br /&gt;ONE MORE CALL&lt;br /&gt;-------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many ways to perform a reverse cell phone search. In the beginning, you may wish to give the number another call back. In this instance, you disguise your voice and attempt to sway the cell phone owner out of their identity. Be polite, tell them you are conducting a survey, or any topic that gets them talking. While this method is a long shot, it can work and get you one step closer to the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------&lt;br /&gt;THE INTERNET&lt;br /&gt;------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The internet has made it possible to find all types of information. Search engines are very powerful and designed to pick up on the content you request. While you w will not be able to pull up a caller's cell phone records, you may be able learn more about her identity. By simply typing in a cell phone number, you can find the owner's name, location and much more. Individuals are unknowingly making it easier to perform reverse cell phone searches on a constant basis. People are selling items on Ebay or listing their cell phone number to find a missing pet. These everyday functions allow you to match a phone number to face without the expensive hassle of a private investigator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those seriously looking to get the dirt on their spouse have other internet options. There are several affordable sites that are designed to provide you with reverse cell phone search results. Many of them guarantee positive results in the way of reserve cell phone searches. Simply supply the phone number, and their system does the rest. You save time and money, while having the name, address, provider information, and other cell phone records delivered to your email box with reverse cell phone lookup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After finding the required information, you may wish to pry deeper, learn more about this mysterious person playing the sideline. Online capabilities have made it possible to basically find out about anyone for the right price, including their criminal background, court and public records. We are now equipped with the tools it takes to play P.I. all by ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;A cheating spouse is something you never want to discover, yet you must act if the signs are present. In order to protect your best interest in the end, you must get a head start. A thorough reverse cell phone search and many other avenues could give you the required ammunition it takes to make the most of what could be a bad situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.findsomeonenow.net/"&gt;http://www.findsomeonenow.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-402192536772841329?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/FBYev2_MNLU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/402192536772841329/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=402192536772841329" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/402192536772841329?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/402192536772841329?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/FBYev2_MNLU/reverse-cell-phone-search-keeping-eye.html" title="THE REVERSE CELL PHONE SEARCH: Keeping An Eye On Your Spouse" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/10/reverse-cell-phone-search-keeping-eye.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UDQXg6eip7ImA9WxRQGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246686359663164485.post-8450695581289273366</id><published>2008-09-27T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:47:50.612-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T16:47:50.612-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="legal" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="public record searching" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="civil" /><title>WANT INSTANT ACCESS TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM?</title><content type="html">Your family has just happily moved to a new city. You have a great job, beautiful home, and the neighborhood seems friendly. You enroll your children into the local school district, which has received great national rankings. Before long, your daughter has been invited for sleepovers at her friend's house. Although you have met the friend's parents several times, and they seem like nice people, you have read too many horror stories to feel comfortable allowing your daughter to sleepover. Needless to say, she is devastated and blames you for moving her to a new place, where she has no friends. What is a parent to do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Safety is the best policy, and accessing the legal system is a critical step in keeping your family safe. Every day, there are more stories reported about unsuspecting victims who have been harmed by criminals, who may be your neighbor or the parents of your daughter's friends. The cases are real; the charming father may be a sexual predator or deviant, and he may sexually harass or even rape your daughter. Looks are very deceiving, and the only way to know if that friendly smile is authentic is by accessing the legal system to conduct a background check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting the information you need has been made incredibly easy by the internet. By performing a people search online, you can basically find out almost anything about anyone. Both court records and criminal records can even be accessed via public records.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depending upon the state in which you live, you may instantly access public records online. With a simple internet connection, you can browse through a person's public records, including criminal records, court records, and even driving records! Find out whether the parents of your friend's child have clean background checks, or if they may be hiding a deep secret from the community behind their friendly smiles and freshly baked cookies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are in a state where you cannot access the legal system online, then you have two options. First, you can conduct a people search through the search engines; you can find out anything about anyone online, and the parents of your daughter's friends are no different. Input their names and phone numbers, and a plethora of information may be revealed about their criminal records.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the power of determining the history and background check of a person comes from the legal system. If you cannot access online the government public records of your state, then there are several services that have contracts with government departments and courts to provide background checks and criminal records. With a click of a button, you can instantly access the legal system to discreetly find out about anyone through their criminal records, court records, and driving records. Not only do you save time, but you protect your family definitively against criminals who threaten the safety of your children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people may believe that records of the U.S. government are confidential, but that is not necessarily true. Knowing just where to search can provide you with important information and direct access to the legal system. By working with specialized services, you can instantly access legal systems and obtain all of the background check information you need to give you peace of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Search NOW! 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While this phrase was coined years ago, it holds true to most individuals. A personal residence is your rest haven, your place of peace, your kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everynow and then, we lower our defensive shield, and put away that protective armor to allow someone into our home. That happens when the plumber needs to take a look at those clogged pipes, or the communications technician may need to check the phone lines from inside the home. To install that great plasma TV, the cable man or satellite installer will certainly need to step inside and make sure the reception box is functioning properly. All these requirements and luxuries of life call for you to give trust to a complete stranger, the same trust you would never put in just anyone walking the streets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will now view the situation from a worst case scenario. Let's say the plumber gave you the uncomfortable eye during a repair. Perhaps the communication technician's conduct was not appropriate in your eyes, as he moseyed around your hallways looking for the bathroom's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe the satellite installer violated company policy by offering you a discounted service that would benefit only them. Many businesses often conduct an employee check, but sometimes they do not. When erie individuals cross your path, you may choose to take a different plan of action. Being able to find out anything about anyone would certainly ease the worry of allowing strangers into your home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One may have some legitimate concerns about accessing records and conducting their own background check. Some may think this cannot be done because of all the required forms and possible penalties. Be assured that it is 100% legal to attain background checks and public records information. You have the right to find out about anyone at anytime. Finding the right serviceto perform this type of search is the real issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TRUTHS ABOUT RECORD CHECKS&lt;br /&gt;When performing your search, be aware that no database will allow you to instantly access ALL criminal records. This function is strictly limited to the FBI. These records are mainly off limits, with the exception of federally insured banks, nuclear power plants, and various branches of the government. Many services may claim to have access to these extensive databases, but that is a topic certainly worth arguing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many services advertise that they are capable of accessing criminal records anytime from everywhere; some claim anytime, anywhere and anyone. Choosing a company that advertises the capability to find out anything about anyone at anytime is one you would prefer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several services freely use the word nationwide for promotion. In actuality, with the exception of a few companies, these searches are typically limited in capability and falsely advertising. There are a few companies that have contracts with government departments to provide the background check information to the general public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also conduct your own people search investigation to find out about anyone. Search engines are a powerful tool that scans all web pages for relevant information linked to a person's name. With a bit of time and diligent research, you can uncover the background information and find out about anyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is simply one thing you cannot get enough of these days: safety. Though it is very common to allow a stranger inside of your home to make a service call, you have the right to remain weary. Never feel guilty about conducting your own private search on anyone. Public records are available for you to access at anytime. Make the most these rights and use them whenever you feel the need to protect yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try our Public Records Search at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.findsomeonenow.net/publicrecords.htm"&gt;http://www.FindSomeonenow.net/publicrecords.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-1167859389057010707?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/oj6yRgKl0TM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/1167859389057010707/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=1167859389057010707" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/1167859389057010707?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/1167859389057010707?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/oj6yRgKl0TM/how-to-investigate-anyone-at-anytime.html" title="HOW TO INVESTIGATE ANYONE AT ANYTIME" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-to-investigate-anyone-at-anytime.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YDRH89eSp7ImA9WxRQGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246686359663164485.post-5030859002780384381</id><published>2008-08-30T12:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:46:15.161-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T16:46:15.161-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="missing persons" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="find someone" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="looking for people" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="investigations" /><title>Finding Missing Persons: How New Online Searches Can Help You Locate Someone Who Has Dropped Out of Sight</title><content type="html">Every day, in towns and cities across the country, people go missing. Sometimes they're the victim of crime. But in most cases, they drop out of sight on purpose. Usually they're trying to escape some problem or avoid some responsibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People who disappear can include those who are;&lt;br /&gt;- Responsible for an accident but do not want to pay for damages or face legal action&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Avoiding alimony or child support payments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Deeply In debt and unwilling to work out payment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Running from Law Enforcement or the Courts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Evading taxes or liens or other obligations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for a missing person, you should be aware of how searches on the Internet can now help you locate them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You Can Now Get Access to Data while Sitting at Your Computer that Before Could Only Be Uncovered using Costly Private Investigators&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It used to be expensive to track down a missing person. You had to hire a private detective and pay them by the hour to do a "locate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not any more - not now that so many public records and business databases are available through the Internet. Anyone with online access and a bit of determination can do the same kind of investigative work themselves. There are no guarantees you'll find the person you're searching for, just as there were never any guarantees with paid investigators. But the cost is minimal and no one will be more motivated than you to keep at it until you succeed. What makes it so easy is a new breed of web-based investigative search services. Sometimes referred to as Internet Detective or Personal Search services, these specialized services give you the speedy, accurate access to all kinds of formerly hard-to-get information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note that these search services are not the same as the general search engines you may already use, like Google or Yahoo. The general search engines are not the best way to hunt for someone who's missing. The private search services are best because they're optimized for finding people. Rather than a search making you scroll through thousands of unrelated listings, they take you directly to the data you need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basic Techniques You Can Use to Locate Someone;&lt;br /&gt;When you begin looking for someone, the first step is to collect as much physical information as possible about the subject. If the person is part of your own family, you'll probably already have personal information available. Pull out any old files and records. Look for clubs or organizations they belonged to. Get bank or investment account numbers. In particular look for any type of identifying records like a driver's license, employee id, etc. A Social Security Number is the most important identifier you can have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the person you're searching for is not someone you knew personally, gather information from anyone who did know them, if possible. If you aren't able to get this information, there are ways to get it online through the search services. It just makes it easier if you have some information to start with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organize what you collect and analyze it for any hints at where the person might have gone. Sometimes you'll find a clue to where the subject is hiding right in this first batch of information. It just wasn't apparent earlier because no one had examined the material closely enough.&lt;br /&gt;What's more common, though, is to find links to other people or organizations that can assist you in your search. That's the professional investigator's secret - to find a missing person, first find other people who know them and can lead you to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At times, finding a missing person is as easy as calling up a former associate. The associate knows and can tell you the subject's current whereabouts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If these basic steps don't result in locating the missing person, the next step is to move to the Internet. Below are some of the common steps that professionals use to gather information online that helps them track down a subject. You can use these same techniques by conducting your own hunt through an investigative search service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Techniques Professional Investigators Use Online That You Can Use Too;&lt;br /&gt;1. Do a profile search. Look up all people with the same initial and last name, city and state. If you don't get promising results at first, and the name isn't too common, expand the search to other cities and states. In particular, look in the areas where the subject had relatives, friends, business dealings or other connections. Once you get a list, try contacting them. One of them may well be who you're searching for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. If you have a Social Security Number, do an SSN trace through the credit bureaus. Credit bureaus are the most likely place to find anyone's most current address and phone number. Professional investigators say this is usually the best way to locate someone who's trying to hide. That's because most people don't realize all the different types of activities they do that trigger address updates to their credit record. Everything from filling out an employment application, to renting a new apartment and getting the utilities turned on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Search Voter Registration databases. This one is frequently overlooked but often effective. The reason is that those who disappear tend to build a new life based on their old one. If the voted before, they'll likely register to vote again. The records are kept by state offices but collected and available through better specialized search services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Search Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings. These are lien notices filed locally and maintained by each state. The Search Services collect the data so you can access it more easily. UCC's are created to document a lien placed on property for which a loan has been made. It's valuable in tracking a missing person because it can lead you to a business that has had dealings with the person. It's possible you can get contact information through them.There are a variety of other databases you can access easily through an online Investigative Search service. From post office Change of Address records to Driver's License Information to Vehicle Registrations for the missing person's car or truck -- even records of traffic tickets. Any one of these database searches can either provide a current address for your subject or a link to someone else that can eventually lead you to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Word&lt;br /&gt;If you need to find someone who's missing, you can now use one of the new Investigative Search services to help you locate them. These services collect the data in one easy to use database or provide easy to use look up tools with automatic tie-ins to the public databases you need to search. That makes searching for a missing person faster, easier and more likely to end successfully.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://orders.hdpublishing.net/cgi-bin/checkout.cgi?product=ND&amp;amp;affiliate=767725"&gt;NetDetective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-5030859002780384381?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/aOv9iJc3O_0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/5030859002780384381/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=5030859002780384381" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/5030859002780384381?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/5030859002780384381?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/aOv9iJc3O_0/finding-missing-persons-how-new-online.html" title="Finding Missing Persons: How New Online Searches Can Help You Locate Someone Who Has Dropped Out of Sight" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/08/finding-missing-persons-how-new-online.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UFQ3g_cCp7ImA9WxRQGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246686359663164485.post-6887473379061484750</id><published>2008-08-30T11:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:46:52.648-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T16:46:52.648-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="protection" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="children safety" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="criminal records" /><title>Protect Your Children</title><content type="html">Don't let them go to Parties or Sleepovers until You Know Who They will be Spending Time With One of the most important aspects of raising children is to ensure they are well socialized. This process usually begins early in life and is one of the main driving forces for parents to enroll their children in preschool. Play dates are also a big part of the early socialization process. As they grow older, children forge bonds with other children from school, church, and sports. Part of the social learning process is for them to take part in parties, sleepovers, and other group activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can you keep your child in a safe environment? Every parent wants their child to grow up happy and healthy, and to have the companionship of friends. As they develop an increasing amount of independence, their need to have mom or dad close at hand diminishes. As difficult as this is, it is a necessary part of growing up. However, it is important as a parent to ensure we know as much as possible about our children, especially when they are out of sight - how they are spending that time, and with whom they are spending it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This period of early social activity occurs during some of the most impressionable years of children's lives, and we want to ensure they have nothing but nurturing experiences. We want all of their childhood memories to be good ones, which evoke memories of safety and security. Be a smart parent and know exactly what type of people surround your child Before letting your child out of your sight for a slumber party, team pizza party, or any other type of gathering, make sure you know everything you can about the people with whom your child will be socializing. A simple, computer-generated background check can tell you right away if it is safe for your child to attend the function, or if it would be wiser to keep him at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, Net Detective, an online background check service, makes it easy for you to delve into the personal history of the parent or parents who will be watching your child. In a very short period of time, you can find out a great deal about virtually anyone's criminal and financial history. Learn whether there are any civil actions pending against the parent, or learn of the existence of any restraining orders. Find out if the family has a violent history, or a peaceful one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main idea is to review the private life of anyone who will be responsible for your child's care, and ensure the person is qualified for the task. After all, you would not want to unwittingly place the care of your child into the hands of a hardened criminal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://orders.hdpublishing.net/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?product=ND&amp;amp;affiliate=767725"&gt;NetDetective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-6887473379061484750?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/n8dV3SIu8zI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/6887473379061484750/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=6887473379061484750" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/6887473379061484750?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/6887473379061484750?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/n8dV3SIu8zI/protect-your-children.html" title="Protect Your Children" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/08/protect-your-children.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0QGRHk5fCp7ImA9WxRQGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246686359663164485.post-8033021500395214482</id><published>2008-08-27T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:48:45.724-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T16:48:45.724-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="criminal checks" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="child offenders" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="court records" /><title>Sex Offender Criminal Checks: Now Internet Services Can Help You Keep Your Children Safer</title><content type="html">One of the most disturbing trends of our time is the increase in sex offenses against our children.&lt;br /&gt;A study by the US Department of Justice found- 67% of all victims of sexual assault were juveniles, under 18 years old- Thirty-four percent of the victims were younger than 12- One of every seven was less than 6 years old. This is such a tragedy but at least parents are becoming more aware of the problem. They're taking steps to safeguard their children by keeping them from going out alone or from going anywhere unsupervised.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're a parent, now there's even more you can do to protect your children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How the Internet Can Help You Protect Your Children&lt;br /&gt;Your computer and the Internet can play a major part in helping you keep your children safe. If you're like most folks, you probably have at least some experience looking up information online, using Google or Yahoo search perhaps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you may not realize is how much information you can uncover online about sex offenders and other criminals who pose a threat to your family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Specialized background checking services now exist that take you directly to criminal histories and sex offender records. While the common search engines are good for finding general information on a variety of topics, they're not so helpful when you want to search for criminal records. The specialized services make it a whole lot easier and faster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I became familiar with these criminal background checking services from my work as a professional writer and researcher. If you're a parent trying to protect your children, you'll want to find out as much as you can about what's available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You Can Now Find Out Secrets Once Deeply Hidden While Sitting at Your Computer&lt;br /&gt;It used to be time consuming and costly to check someone's background to see if they had a criminal history. You had to hire a private detective or go through some expensive reporting agency. Not today - not with Criminal record databases so readily available to us.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes referred to as Internet Detective sites, or Personal Search sites, these web-based search services give you the low-down on all kinds of formerly-hidden information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They let you make complete criminal background checks and give you access to detailed information including:&lt;br /&gt;- Sex Offender Status Records- Geographic Locations of Registered Sex Offenders- Criminal Records for all kinds of crimes- Prison Records- FBI and other Law Enforcement Agency Files- Criminal History.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why Checking Criminal Backgrounds Can Help You Spot Crime Before It Happens;&lt;br /&gt;The unfortunate truth is that many offenders commit crimes again and again. The DOJ tracked one sample group of around three hundred thousand offenders and discovered an amazing fact. This one group of felons has so far accounted for nearly five million arrest charges over their recorded careers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are more disturbing findings from US Department of Justice studies:&lt;br /&gt;- When criminals were arrested for a new crime, more than half of them were out on probation, parole or pretrial release for a previous crime.- 39% of jail inmates had already served 3 or more prior sentences.- Of the hundreds of thousands of criminals released from prisons during a one year period, an estimated 67.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within 3 years, 46.9% were reconvicted, and 25.4% resentenced to prison for a new crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the most chilling statistics&lt;br /&gt;- Sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison.- Of released sex offenders and child molesters arrested for committing another sex crime, 40% perpetrated the new offense within a year or less from their prison discharge. It's extremely troubling but the very fact that so many criminals are repeat offenders is what makes using criminal background checks so effective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those past crimes leave a trail. Access to that trail, that criminal history, is easily available through the specialized background check services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The criminal history you can easily find out there can forewarn you. You'll know if someone has a criminal background and is therefore likely commit a crime again. It's not pre-judging. It's just being realistic and practical.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experts Recommend Parents Use Criminal Background Checking Services;&lt;br /&gt;Safety experts are starting to recommend that parents use a criminal background checking service regularly. By running a criminal background check on anyone you find suspicious or even anyone your child might come into contact with, you'll know if there's anything to worry about. You'll be armed with the knowledge you need to take appropriate action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can use the search services to check out your baby sitter, nanny, au pair, day care center and staff, and even school teachers and workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can use it to search geographically and find out if known sex offenders live near you. It's now possible to determine exactly where they live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When You Choose a Criminal Background Search Service, Here's What to Look For&lt;br /&gt;To help you find the best possible service for criminal background checking, here are the things&lt;br /&gt;I've found important to consider during a review:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Free versus Paid&lt;br /&gt;I've been disappointed by the free services. Better to pay the small fee and get quality information you can trust. Many of the better services have special offers of multi-year memberships for a low one-time fee. The cost can be less than what you'd pay for a low-priced blouse or golf shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Speed&lt;br /&gt;You want a service that responds quickly and gives you exactly the information you need. Make sure you try it out. Check both speed and accuracy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Proprietary Database&lt;br /&gt;If a service compiles their own database, it's a sign they're more likely to be in the business for the long term. That's because a proprietary database is costly to build and maintain. A company wouldn't invest if they didn't expect to stay in business.&lt;br /&gt;From a usability standpoint, a dedicated database is better too. You get a single interface that you can quickly learn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(One note: I've never seen a free service that has its own database. Most of the free services I've checked out are really just link farms - they just point you at some public or government database. You could get that from the general search engines.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Training and Support&lt;br /&gt;Be sure you can easily learn to use any service you choose. Actually, you'll find that the better services are pretty intuitive: you'll know what to do just by looking at it. But better services will also provide extra, in-depth searching. If you ever need the extra, it might require you dig into it a bit before you can fully use it. Just make sure your service has easy, accessible ways to learn, like tutorials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't ignore support. Sooner or later you'll have questions or there will be something you need help to get resolved. The best services offer free, live support with a phone number or live chat where you can talk directly with a person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final Word&lt;br /&gt;It's a threatening world but fortunately, you can use modern technology to better protect your children. Like the experts recommend, sign up for Criminal Background Checking service and use it regularly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalalertregistry.com/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?product=NAR&amp;amp;affiliate=767725"&gt;National Alert Registry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-8033021500395214482?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/-Fo7H6KhWrI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/8033021500395214482/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=8033021500395214482" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/8033021500395214482?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/8033021500395214482?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/-Fo7H6KhWrI/sex-offender-criminal-checks-now.html" title="Sex Offender Criminal Checks: Now Internet Services Can Help You Keep Your Children Safer" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/08/sex-offender-criminal-checks-now.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0MCQH04fyp7ImA9WxRQGEg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246686359663164485.post-2190179692030110424</id><published>2008-08-26T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:51:01.337-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-12T16:51:01.337-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="find someone" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="people search" /><title>People Search: How to Quickly and Easily Find Someone You Lost Track Of</title><content type="html">Recently my wife's sister got curious about what had happened to her first husband after they split. That marriage had ended badly and they hadn't been in contact for nearly thirty years. She tried searching for her ex-husband's name on Google and Yahoo but didn't get any hits. Knowing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do research online in my work as a professional writer, she asked if I could find out anything.&lt;br /&gt;I write for business and technical publications, so I use a number of high-priced databases for in-depth research. But I suggested she try a simpler alternative - a solution I use myself when I want to find someone quickly and easily. I recommended she try one of the people search database services. Even the better ones cost so little, they're practically free. Most offer a trial period. I gave her the name of one to try.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was dubious. She's not very comfortable using her computer for much more than email. Her stab at the search engines had already left her flustered. Now she was going to have to "sign up for something and learn something completely new... oh my goodness," was the way she put it.&lt;br /&gt;Yet, later the same day I suggested it, she emailed back excitedly. In just minutes, she'd found out all kinds of information about her ex. It turned out that he'd done something of a turnaround after they'd broken up. Their divorce resulted from fights over his serious drinking problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After they broke up, though, he'd eventually gone back to med school, gotten his MD and become an orthopedic surgeon. He'd even been instrumental in developing some sort of device used by other surgeons in his field.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, the poor fellow had passed, but at least my sister-in-law found comfort in knowing that things had worked out for him after all. She remarked that even though their relationship ended in the worst imaginable way, it had started from a good point. She said she hadnt really wanted to contact him. She just wanted to know what had happened to him.&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes all we want is just to satisfy our curiosity about what happened to someone we've lost track of. Most of us have an old friend or acquaintance we still wonder about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;A Better Way to Find People&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I suspect that's what makes people searching so hot. As many as half a million times a month, someone searches on Google alone, looking for a way to find a lost person. Whether it's someone from the past with whom we've lost touch, or someone we met last weekend and yearn to see again, were always searching for others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, most general searches fail. Just like Googling failed for my sister-in-law. The information is out there, somewhere. But being forced to sift through so many unrelated results makes it nearly impossible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's why I recommended she use a people search service - sometimes they're called Internet Detective services. They pull all the information spread across thousands of servers and combine it into people-specific search databases. Then when you drop in a name or an address or a phone number, whatever bit of information you have, you get instant gratification. Up pops the latest scoop about your person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thats totally unlike the cold mechanical response a Google or Yahoo gives:&lt;br /&gt;Results 1 - 10 of about 55,100,000 for joe smith. (0.06 seconds)&lt;br /&gt;You can almost hear the search engine yawn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way - most searchers don't know this - search engine results don't actually extend beyond about a thousand entries. Even when the search engine results page says they found millions and millions of hits, they don't actually bother to dig it up and give you access to all of it. They're really just estimating from their own database tables. Even they know it's a waste of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yawn, yawn, yawn&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, it's exciting when you do a person search on a dedicated database. You find what you're looking for in seconds. Plus, you not only get current information, often you get historical data too. You find not only where the person is now but also where they lived or worked before that and before that and before that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can sort of see your old friend's life laid bare. (Now what in heaven's name was George doing in Poughkeepsie, New York, in winter. He always hated the cold)&lt;br /&gt;Sometime you find a person's life didn't turn out the way you'd have thought. That's when the Criminal Check part of the service can help you find out what prison they ended up in!&lt;br /&gt;When You Choose a Personal Search Service, Here's What to Look For&lt;br /&gt;If you decide to try out a personal search database, here are the things I've found important to consider during a review&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Free versus Paid&lt;br /&gt;I've been disappointed by the free services. Their main concern seems to be to try and get you to click on some of the pay-per-click ads they're displaying - so they can make a little money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Speed&lt;br /&gt;You want a service that responds quickly. Make sure you try it out. A fun test is to do a search on yourself. You get to check speed and accuracy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Proprietary Database&lt;br /&gt;If a service compiles their own database, they must be fairly successful. It's costly to build and maintain. Such well-funded providers are much more likely to stay around. From a usability standpoint, it's better too. You get a single interface that you can quickly learn.&lt;br /&gt;And I've never seen a free service that has its own database. Most of the free services I've checked out are really just link farms - they just point you at some public or government database.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Training and Support&lt;br /&gt;Be sure you can easily learn to use any service you choose. Actually, you'll find the better services are intuitive - how to search will make sense as soon as you look at it. But better services will also provide extra, in-depth searching. If you ever need the extra, it might require you dig into it a bit before you can fully use it. Just make sure your service has easy, accessible ways to learn, like tutorials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't ignore support. Sooner or later you'll have questions or there will be something you need help to get resolved. It's best if they offer free, live support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;Final Word&lt;br /&gt;------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join the millions using the web to track down old friends and new friends. But make it easier on yourself by using a People Search service rather than a general search engine. Have fun finding out exactly what did become of your old friend (or even your old, not-so-friendly ex)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://orders.hdpublishing.net/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?product=ND&amp;amp;affiliate=767725"&gt;Net Detective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2246686359663164485-2190179692030110424?l=findsomeonenow.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~4/O6gNuU9iR-M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/feeds/2190179692030110424/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2246686359663164485&amp;postID=2190179692030110424" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/2190179692030110424?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2246686359663164485/posts/default/2190179692030110424?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FindSomeoneNowProtectingOurselvesWithInformation/~3/O6gNuU9iR-M/people-search-how-to-quickly-and-easily.html" title="People Search: How to Quickly and Easily Find Someone You Lost Track Of" /><author><name>Roger Holden</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tdzkgAI7hTc/SjWQG_F-SOI/AAAAAAAAACg/jafYdpun_KM/S220/roger.jpg" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://findsomeonenow.blogspot.com/2008/08/people-search-how-to-quickly-and-easily.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>

