This book I purchased about two years ago. I gave it to my dad, when it helped me find him. He is now looking for one of his brothers. So, needless to say I have to buy another one for me. Thanks for having this book

Excellent resource and invaluable tool for finding leads and digging up old records.

I currently have the 1994 edition, but I'm definitely purchasing the lastest edition.

I bought the book when I decided I wanted to find my father. It became my best friend when I was down and gave me ideas to get me going again. I have never found my father, but have found out so much about him that no one could have ever have told me just knowing him. I would say it is a perfect tool in getting the ball rolling if you are wanting to locate anyone. I would never have known that I have so many rights without it. It is a very straight forward and to the point type book and in plan english-not all that legal talk.

Upon review, I found this inch thick book to be a remarkable compendium of investigative techniques, tips, tricks etc that included national contacts for abandoned property, court clerks, governors offices, medical boards, dmv offices etc.

Everyone that's looking for someone should have this book. It has absolutely everything you need including Internet resources, what to do if you don't get information that you've requested from the government, military resources, inmate locating information, numerous sources that you may not think of that you can access both online and through the mail and by phone. It's easy to understand and shows you step-by-step how to find any missing person in the US.

I was adopted from Souel, Korea. My biological father is an American and my mother is Korean. So many children were left behind, overseas, by their American father`s, at this point the children had no idea where to turn. Years later the children eventually were adopted by someone with a big heart. We, the children, still have that void in our life wanting to know who we are, but there is not alot of information left for us half breeds.

Jury is still out on whether or not you will hit "paydirt" on backrounding your subject. Almost all data you'll uncover will be historical, not current. If your subject has moved recently, these ideas will be of limited value to locating. This book will introduce you to many printed sources, documents and departments that you wouldn't think of checking into. The key to success is in finding one public record that gives data about another needed item of information (ex. A voter registration record giving the address or social security number). Most gathering is demonstrated as being conducted by smail mail, but I have found some can be done over the telephone, especially at the county levels. I have been able to access DMV licence and driving record info. thanks to his suggestions. Book is updated annually, which helps assure contact addresses are current.

A very useful book for two kinds of people. The first group, which is the book's intended audience, is people looking to check up on the past history of boyfriends or girfriends. Not having had to check up on some psychotic, I cannot rate the book on this level, except to say that it looks worthwhile.

The second group (me) is people who are looking to find people for family genealogy. Granted, this may seem like a stretch, but this book has helped me find more documents on ancestors than you could imagine. Extremely useful and critical for any genealogist to have on their shelves.