subject: Free history background checks - where should you start [print this page] Free Background Checks Where Do I Start? Start with what you know a name, a date of birth, and address, a social security number, a license plate number, whatever you can. Any of these will work to get your search moving forward to get someones true identity. Once you have these key things to identifying the person you can turn to one or more of the resources or strategies below. Telephone book always look here first, the phone book is still pretty fat. He/She should only list their real names and phone numbers, this should give you the start you need faster. If you can find the address you can make your job that much easier. If your going to do a full background check make sure you look in the old phone books and directories too. Having the phone company search for you should make your life easier. Sometimes they're at the local or regional library, the historical society, a genealogy library close by you, or even your local chamber of commerce. How about the state library, this may be a really good source of old directories to collect your information you need. Maybe the directories of crisscross this could work nicely, or the reverse directories . The books should be sorted and placed by phone number and addresses and not by the names.
Maybe find out who their neighbors were, and what they might have to say about the person. If anybody can give you the story, most of the time you can get one or two neighbors to give up some great information. Maybe a bitter girlfriend or boyfriend. A relative that they owe money too. You could check the local registry or registrar of voters to see if they are listed there.
Or you could do a search for free background checks online and see if you can get some great details or get their criminal history reports from the past 10 to 15 years ago. I think this is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get the best information on someone. Now, what you could do is go to the local state clerks office and spend more then a half of a day trying to get the information you need. So, you pay them and then you waist tons of time, this should be your last result. But keep in mind the state clerks offices are only for Felony type cases, People whom you would like to have a full criminal background check done on, not misdemeanors.
Free history background checks - where should you start