Finding Long-Lost Family and Friends

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For many years I worked with law enforcement and learned that tracking down a criminal who did not want to be found was quite a challenge.  The challenge for me was just to see if I could find someone that no one else could find.   Each search was difficult and thrilling, but finding a criminal was quite different from finding a missing loved one.

In 1987 I became a private investigator after being contacted by attorneys who needed to find a missing witness or missing heir.  The search was quite different from searching for criminals because these people actually left a good trail.  These people were not deliberately hiding, they just did not know someone was looking for them.

People are often separated by divorce, adoption, or simply because someone moved away and they lost touch.  The search is often for closure, and not necessarily for a relationship.

Finding and reuniting long lost family members and old friends became one of the most rewarding and fulfilling challenges I have ever experienced.  I realize the need to find a missing relative can cause someone's life to become out of balance.  I understand the need for closure to know what happened to someone or to fill a void.  I understand the need of  an adoptee to find a biological family, medical information, heritage, and the unknown about their identity.  I understand the need of a birth mother to find out that her child had a good life.....she may live with guilt and have a need to find peace of mind that her decision to relinquish her child for adoption was in the child's best interest and that the child had a good life.  I understand why someone needs to find their father. 

Regardless of the reason for the separation....regardless of whatever you find........the truth will set you free.

Privacy laws protect certain information, but there are many public records available at public libraries, archive libraries, court houses, the internet, and many public offices.  Hiring a professional investigator can save you time and money because they have the knowledge and experience to know how and where to look for information.