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| emergence of a new type of website,commonly | | | | love. Other uses include background |
| referred to as an "Internet Detective Site." These | | | | checks,criminal record checks, military record |
| sites fill the need forpeople searches that are not | | | | checks, and genealogy research. The list ofsearch |
| easily accomplished using the currently | | | | types is actually very long. Here is a partial list to |
| availablesearch engines. Here, we will discuss the | | | | wet your appetite: |
| various aspects of websites that offeronline | | | | 1) Adoption Records |
| detective services. | | | | 2) Aircraft Crash Database |
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| question, "What is an Internet Detective | | | | 4) Census Data |
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| An Internet Detective Site is acollection of links to | | | | 6) FCC Radio Licensee Search |
| resources that allow you to search for many | | | | 7) Annual Corporate Reports |
| forms ofdemographic information. Most of these | | | | 8) Court Records |
| links can be found for free on the internet,but it | | | | 9) Military Records |
| would take hours, if not days, to find them all by | | | | 10) Criminal Records |
| hand. Thus, an Internet | | | | 11) Marriage Records |
| Detective Site is providing a service that saves | | | | 12) Copyright Information |
| the searcher valuable time bygathering and | | | | 13) Patent Information |
| updating relevant search links. The price for this | | | | Before embarking on your people search, consider |
| service usuallyranges from $19.95 to $39.95. This | | | | saving yourself some time bypurchasing a |
| is often a one-time fee which buys thesubscriber | | | | membership to an Internet Detective Site. A |
| a lifetime membership to the service. | | | | good place to start is you will find comparisons |
| Some of the most frequent uses include finding a | | | | and reviews of the most popular internet |
| phone number or address, reversephone number | | | | detectivesites. |
| lookup, cell phone search, finding a birthdate, | | | | Good luck searching! |