Monday, October 14, 2013
Missing Heirs
From the time we are born until after we die the average American citizen will leave a paper trail approximately seven miles long. There are birth records, marriage records, divorce records, property records, voter records, driver's license, vehicle registration, employment records, credit records, educational records, professional license records, military records, asset records, liens and judgments, deeds, criminal records, utility records, death records, and many other records.
Some records can be accessed online, some records may be requested in writing, some records may be found with a phone call. Public records are at court houses, libraries, and archive libraries. Older records may be stored on microfilm and microfiche. It takes time to search for records. In some cases the records may be in a database.
Information brokers purchase public records from various sources and resell the information in a database. There are many online databases that charge a fee to access information, and no guarantee the information is correct or updated. It is not uncommon for outdated or incorrect information to be online. Years ago it was possible to purchase a disk that included every listed phone number in the U.S.
There is no one source that is going to work on every search, however Ancestry.com is a good source for historical records including census records. Census records are only available after they are seventy years old, so don't look for current information there.
I can help find your missing heirs.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
4. Finding A Birth Father - Locating His Date of Birth
The next piece of information we need is a date of birth and
that information can be found on a birth certificate, and that can be found at
a state office of Vital Statistics. The
date of birth might also be found on a marriage license or a divorce record, found
at local court house. Those two pieces
of information, the marriage license and the divorce record are public
information, so you can go into a court house or you may call and ask and they
may give you the information on the telephone.
But call first and make sure you
know where you are going and what information will be there.
Finding information can be time consuming and sometimes frustrating. I have many years of experience and can cut the chase and find him for you if you need help.
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.
Finding information can be time consuming and sometimes frustrating. I have many years of experience and can cut the chase and find him for you if you need help.
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.
3. Finding A Birth Father - Name Unknown
What if the mother doesn’t know the name of the father or
the full name of the father? What if she
only knew his first name, maybe she only saw him one time, one time only and
she knew nothing about his family, or where he went to school, or what he did
for a living? There may not be much
information to work with and the trail may be impossible to follow. But the mother is the key to getting the
information. What she tells you is all
you are going to have to work with. Now
also the mother may know of a friend who introduced her to your father. Knowing
who that friend is might be a good source of information. But you have to ask the mother if she has any
information, that’s where you are going to get the information. It’s not going to exist on a piece of paper
or public record until she gives you the name to look for. When the father and mother first met he may
have told her he was in the military, or that he worked at a certain place,
or where he was from, or something about
his family. She may have a clue, they
may have had a conversation that may have a clue of where he was from or if he
had a big family or a small family, or where he attended school. She just may, without realizing it, have some
information that would help lead to your father. You can ask your mother what she knows about
your father, where did she meet him, was there anyone else there that might
know him? What information can she give
you that will help you find him?
I can tell you this……there was a girl who was looking for her
father and her mother had a sister, and the sister was able to tell the girl
that her mother dated so and so when she was in college. The mother had forgotten about this guy, but
the girl was able to track down her father just because her aunt remembered something. Oftentimes another member of the family may
remember or have some knowledge that maybe the mother forgot, such as where the
person attended school or what the person did for a living. It’s a good idea to ask your grandmother, or
an aunt or uncle, because someone else may have information.
One thing I want everyone to know is not to have unrealistic
expectations. That is so huge. If you have unrealistic expectations, you
could be very disappointed in what you find.
So don’t worry about what you are going to find, the truth is going to
set you free. You won’t have to live
with the unknown any more.
I remember a time when this young man had been searching for
his father for twenty years. His father
had a very common name, John Harris. For
twenty years the son had visited many cities and in each city he called every
John Harris in the phone book, but none were his father. That’s the only way he knew how to
search. When I first met him he brought
me a picture of his father, it was a black and white photograph made in 1945 and
on the back of the picture it had his father’s middle initial John E.
Harris. That was a clue, but when the
son told me his parents were divorced when he was a year old, I knew there was
going to be more information on that divorce record. And sure enough, after twenty years of
searching, all he needed was the divorce record. His father had carried his baby picture for
forty years and when he met his father he welcomed him with open arms. Not every search is going to end this way,
but this one did. The father was very
happy that the son found him.
I know you have a lot of unanswered questions. I also know you need closure. Let me help you find your father. Finding your father will give you the answers
you have been wondering about. It’s
going to give you the closure you need. It
will make your life so much better to know the truth. Let me help you, I can probably find your
father in 30 days or less. Why are you
waiting? Why don’t you let me help
you? I’ll be glad to find your father
for you.
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.
2. Finding a Birth Father - Correct Full Name
The most important piece of information you can provide is a
correct full name. A correct full name
with the correct spelling is very important.
If your parents were married and your father’s name is on
your birth certificate, more than likely his correct full name is on your birth
certificate. It might be that easy to
find his name. If your parents were
married there will be a marriage license that may have his full name and
probably his age and possibly where he was born. So a marriage license might lead to finding a
full name and date of birth. A divorce
record will have a full name, date of birth, and maybe a Social Security
number, however the Social Security number may be blacked out due to privacy
laws. Every state has an office of Vital
Statistics that will have birth certificates.
Only you can have a copy of your birth certificate, or your next of
kin. If you don’t already have one, be
sure to request a copy of your original birth certificate. And if you are adopted, you may request a
copy of your amended birth certificate.
The birth certificate can be found
at the state office of Vital
Statistics. If I were you I would just
look that up on the internet, just Google that state, wherever it is, Office of
Vital Statistics or Birth Certificate for the state you are looking for. I guarantee you will find it. Marriage license may be more difficult to
find because they are kept in a County Court Clerk’s Office and you may have to
know the year. It’s not impossible, and
some court houses now have computer databases so they may be able to look it up
easily. Many records may be found in old
record books, marriage records are everywhere.
Every county has a book with marriage records, the trick is to know
which county the marriage took place in.
Marriage records can be found in a County Court Clerk’s Office. Older records will be found in a book and
will have a number, and will be in order by dates. More currently, the last ten or twenty years
might be in a database. If you are
looking for really old records, those records will probably be found on
Ancestry.com.
If you are searching for a marriage license and you go into
a County Court Clerk’s Office, these are public records and anyone can have
access to them. All you have to do is
ask the clerk to let you see the marriage license books. Sometimes they will be in a computer and they
will offer you a computer to search. The
County Court Clerk’s Office contains public records. Anyone can walk in and search for a marriage
license. When you go to a County Court
Clerk’s Office or a public library you are allowed to make copies. Sometimes the copies will cost a quarter or
fifty cents, or maybe even a dollar.
A divorce record may be found in a County Court Clerk’s
Office in the county in which the divorce occurred, so you have to go back to
that county and sometimes you have to ask which clerk’s office handled divorces
in the year of your divorce so there may be several places to look. There may be several places to look, there
may be different offices. Before you
go, you may make a phone call and ask which office contains divorce records for
the year in which you are searching.
Assuming the mother is still alive she will know what year the divorce
took place, or an approximate year.
Also, think back, was your father in your life for your second or
third? When was the last time your
father was in your life, or you last saw him?
More than likely that’s when the divorce took place…..when you never saw
him anymore, or when he didn’t come around, so think of the last time you saw
your father, that might be the year of the divorce. You may have to look a range of years, five
years before, or five years after. You
can find a divorce record. The more
recent the divorce, the more likely you can find it in a computer. And you can search by the name of the groom
or by the wife or the husband. You can
search by the date and the father’s name.
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.
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.
1. Finding A Birth Father - Four Pieces of Information
Part 1.
Welcome, I’m Norma Tillman, a private investigator who
specializes in finding missing loved ones. Over the years I’ve found thousands of missing persons and reunited
many, many families. I want to help
you.
Finding a father is the most
requested search I receive. I understand
the need to know the unknown. You
probably have many questions: Where is
your father? Is he dead or alive? Does he have another family? Why hasn’t he called or why isn’t he in your
life? There are many unanswered
questions and some of those questions are probably bothering you. I recommend you have no unrealistic
expectations because regardless of what we find, the truth will set you free. Your life is going to be much better once you
know the truth.
There are four pieces of information I need to find your
father. I can almost guarantee I will
find your father if you have these four pieces of information including: his correct full name, his date of birth or
an approximate age, his last known address, and his Social Security
number. That’s all it takes but knowing
where to look to get those pieces of information might be tricky. So whatever information you may have, I can
help. Let me help you find your father.
So let’s don’t postpone that search any longer. Maybe within 30 days you will have your
father, you will have answers to those unknown questions, and you will have closure. So whatever information you have is where we
will begin.
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.
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.
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