People lose touch for many reasons. What can begin as just a little distance and time can quickly turn into a gulf separating us from people we used to be close to. Whether it’s a relative, former classmate, army buddy or anyone else we’ve met along life’s journey, there are inevitable times when we’d like to reach out across those gulfs to reconnect in some way, but don’t even know where to start.
Television shows and movies often deal with the subject of missing relatives – from people seeking out their birth parents to others trying to find someone that seems to have simply disappeared. The quest to find that missing or estranged person is often fraught with obstacles, dead-ends, and other challenges as private investigators and other professionals attempt to trace the missing relative’s location. In both fictional and non-fictional accounts, the emotional journey often brings about closure or rekindles a lasting connection.
Here’s a really useful resource for finding lost family.
Though many of these accounts are dramatized or highlighted specifically because of the challenges involved in trying to find their missing relative, our individual quests to find loved ones often require help beyond a simple Google search or look in the phone book.
Our articles and posts below about finding lost friends and family can help jump start your journey to reconnect:
Find Lost Family Members
Do you need to find lost family members? If so you’re in the right place. It should be obvious really, but we would all benefit from knowing more about our long-lost relatives and family members? This CNN article shows that children benefit from this immensely. How do I start finding lost relatives? Essentially, like everything Read more about Find Lost Family Members[…]
5 Reasons to Run a Background Check Now!
There are many reasons to run background checks. In today’s world which is often isolated due to busy schedules and on-line shopping, “communities” know each other less well. And, even if they do know each other, there are still many hidden secrets. We’ve brainstormed this, and come up with these compelling reasons you may not Read more about 5 Reasons to Run a Background Check Now![…]
How Do I Find out if Someone Is Married?
Every day, someone inadvertently gets into a relationship with someone who’s married. Whether you’re concerned for yourself – or concerned for a friend or family member entering a relationship with someone – you can easily put your mind at ease or confirm your suspicions with…
How Net Savvy Are You?!
Do you know that there are literally, millions of tools, from SS Search to Credit Checks, to Fact Checks! Can you imagine having these search tools 20 years ago? It’s sometimes easy to forget the things we take for granted on the internet in 2018. In 2008 if we wanted to see a copy of Read more about How Net Savvy Are You?![…]
History of SSN and People Search & Background Checks
SSN and People Search – What is it? What is the history of the SSN and people search? SSN and people search are two terms used together to indicate the use of a Social Security Number of an individual in finding him or her. But the question is to what extent are they related? Or Read more about History of SSN and People Search & Background Checks[…]
How Much does a Background Check Cost?
How much does a background check cost – the short answer: Background checks for official purposes are usually priced on a cost per search basis that can range anywhere from $10 – $200 depending on the source and the information needed (the more information, the higher the cost). Background checks for informational purposes (which are Read more about How Much does a Background Check Cost?[…]
How to Run Inmate Searches
Inmate Searches The Freedom of Information Act (5 USC 552) and the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a) authorize the release of certain information about Federal inmates to any member of the general public requesting inmate searches. This includes information such as name, age, and registration number as well as sentencing and confinement data Read more about How to Run Inmate Searches[…]