Tricks for Finding Obituaries
Review all obituaries in appropriate newspaper for anticipated publication date. This technique will pick up alternate spellings of...
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American Genealogical Research
Tips for Civilians
Finding People & Data About Them
About the Author: Mary Ann Boyle, PhD is a licensed private detective and forensic genealogist who finds missing persons and conducts genealogical investigations for court cases. She shares her secrets for investigating missing persons and identifying kindred.
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Online Teaser Sites Can Drive You Crazy
Many online search sites used to offer telephone numbers, addresses, employment info and dates of birth. This is before they decided to...
Why Would You Want a Copy of an Estate File?
When looking for missing persons, the death of any relative might be helpful. If you are looking for John Jones Jr, this is an ugly task...
Why Would You Want an Obituary?
Obituaries are very important in finding missing persons and information about people. If you are looking for the family of a deceased...
How to Determine if a Person is Deceased.
The primary source of death information for people in the US is the Social Security Administration Death Index, While the Index...
How to Find a Person's Current Phone Number
Many on-line telephone directories are available but their accuracy and accessibility vary. One of the primary on-line telephone...
What is American Genealogical Research
We get asked all the time, "So what is it that you do exactly?" We thought it would be appropriate for our first blog to fill in our...
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