Why hire a Private Investigator when you can do your own background checks It might come as no surprise that finding missing people is one of the most common tasks that people hire private investigators for It might also surprise you to know that a lot of the information that a PI would use to find someone for you is actually available to you online

Cell phones were science fiction a few years ago We used to stare in awe and amusement at films where people would open up a suitcase to pull out a telephone handset the size of half a house and put it to their ear Back then no one could have imagined that we would all have a telephone in our pocket in just a few years time

What can you expect in an online criminal records check It's very easy to get background checks done on people online but it's not so easy to find out what shows up on a criminal background check without actually signing up to one of the online public records web sites

Don't leave it too long to find your friends - You might be too late There's nothing quite like a funeral to make people decide to start a family earlier rather than later or resolve to find old friends Yes it happened to me

Background checking is a good way to get to know someone How can you be sure that you know someone and I mean really know them Some of the most notorious criminals in history managed to conceal their crimes from their closest friends and even their family

How many criminals live in your neighborhood I was talking to someone recently about the importance of doing regular background checks on yourself to make sure that you don't have any arrest warrants and that your records are correct

How to check your friends and your workmen for criminal records Do you trust the people around you How do you know that your friends or people that you have dealings with are who they appear to be

Why were the police knocking on Anna Wallis's door in the middle of the night Anna Wallis is an IT technician in a department store

How do I find out if someone is married - I listen to what they tell me You can become a human lie detector by learning how to talk to people, ask them the right questions and really listen to what they tell you

How can I find out if someone is in jail or in federal prison When I went looking for someone recently who I thought was in federal prison I was sure that I would have a near impossible task on my hands but I was wrong