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Our Search Advisor Web Site Is Still So New!

You’re likely here because you need to FIND SOMEONE FAST.  If you need to find people, birth parents or an adoptee today, please visit: 

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Find People Anywhere In The USA - Free

Thanks for visiting The Search Advisor - a FREE service provided by OmniTrace Corp. and other professional researchers, genealogists and private investigators throughout the USA.  If you need to find people who are missing, you’ve come to the right place… 

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Finding People For Free With Help From The U.S. Post Office

Reunion Registry SearchSome of our more experienced investigators at OmniTrace (we mean our old guys!  :D ) were finding people and lost birth family members long before the Internet was around.  They used some great, free people finding resources that are now, unfortunately, very much overlooked and underused.   

The United States Post Office is one of the best resources for finding people for free.  In many instances, when beginning your people search, you will have an old address of the person you are trying to find.  This old address might be:

Social Security Number | Search For Someone For Free

Find Adoptee, Find Birth Parents, ImageDid you know that having the first 3 digits of a person’s social security number (SSN) can help you search for someone for free?   

The Social Security Administration (SSA) began issuing SSNs around 1936.  Typically, a person was not issued a SSN until they turned fourteen or thereabouts (usually when they were first employed).  Around 1986, the SSA began issuing SSNs to children as young as five.  Since 1990, SSNs are typically issued to children shortly after they are born.   The first three digits of a social security number reveals the state where it was issued. 

How is this important when searching for someone?  We thought you’d never ask!  :)

If you know the first three digits of someone’s social security number and know roughly how old they are you can narrow down your search to a

Adoption Search Books

Adoption Search BooksThere are several good adoption search books that we recommend.  In fact, when OmniTrace / The Search Advisor hires a new adoption researcher or private investigator,  part of their training–regardless of their prior search / investigative experience–is to read these adoption search books.  

In no particular order, here are our favorite adoption search books:

the adoption searchbook - techniques for tracing people - by Mary Jo Rillera
Mary Jo Rillera has written numerous books on search and reunion.  This book will help adoptees, birth parents and birth siblings reunite with one another.  As well, it will help members of

The City Clerk’s Office Can Help You Find People!

Are you trying to find people or that special someone who may live or work in a particular county?  Yes?  Then before you start surfing the Internet–wasting needless energy and causing yourself undue discomfort–try contacting the City Clerk’s Office. 

It’s true… The City Clerk’s Office can be a great resource to find people.  Here’s why:

  1. They can search voter records in the event your missing person is a registered voter.
  2. If your missing person has a particular trade or profession, the City Clerk’s Office can provide you with a list of

Birth Family Reunion | OmniTrace Testimonials

successful_adoptee_search_image.jpgThe following are a few birth family reunion testimonials that OmniTrace - The Birth Family Search Experts, recently received from some happy clients…

Subject:  Family Reunion Between Birth Mother and Son

Chris,  (Chris Maione is the head researcher and manager of our OmniTrace research department.)

I wanted to tell you the good news. Hildegard is Mike’s birth mother! They were both so happy to find each other and reunite. She has been looking for

Find People With Directory Assistance

Find People With Directory AssistanceDespite the many resources available on the Internet to find people, using old fashioned Directory Assistance can be a great resource.  Why? 

  • Because directory assistance address and phone number records are updated daily.
  • You have cheap access to a trained directory assistance operator.

Here are some tips on using directory assistance most effectively to find people:

  1. Dial 1 + Area Code + 555-1212 and voila… You’ll have an operator on the line in no-time-flat.
  2. A directory assistance operator has to handle a large volume of calls. So, don’t

Adoption Reunion Registry Search

Searching Adoption Reunion Registry WebsitesSearching adoption reunion registry websites and registering on them is the first and most simple thing birth parents, birth mothers and adoptee (s) can do to reunite with their birth family members. 

Here is a link to one of our older posts on adoption reunion registry searching which you all should read:

What Is A Reunion Registry?

Here is a link to a page on our website where you can find our favorite reunion registries:

Adoption Reunion Registry

Wow!  This was a very short post for a bunch of investigators and researchers who typically

Find Anyone Anywhere - Free

Find Anyone Anywhere

Please use the following links to your heart's content to find anyone anywhere.  And guess what?  It's all FREE!  

Find Anyone Anywhere
Find people anywhere.  Don't forget to check out our state by state people search resources.  Just click on the state abbreviation of your choice.

Adoption Reunion Registry
Sign up with the ISRR.  Perhaps you'll find that your birth family members are looking for you.  You have nothing to lose. It's free!

Genealogy Websites
We have gathered some of the best free genealogy search resources on the Internet. Combine genealogy techniques with modern day database research to find anyone anywhere

Military Buddy Search
We've selected the best military personnel locator websites on the Internet.  Here are tools you will need to find your lost military buddy. 

People Search Websites and Whitepages
We are providing, in our humble opinion Embarassed, the best, free white page directories and people search websites available to find anyone anywhere

Prison Inmate Search
Find information on any prison inmate anywhere. 

Public Records Websites
Here we provide our favorite, free public records websites where you can

Address Search USA

Address Search USA

There are so many ways to search for someone’s address in the USA with free resources on the Internet. Some address search websites, such as Internet white pages, are obvious choices.  Other address search resources are not.  Today, we’ll address how to use tax assessor public records to find people anywhere in the USA. 

Tax Assessor Database
This is a great website database to find a tax assessor office anywhere in the USA.  Why would you want to do that?  Because a tax assessor has access to 

Just A few Birthmother Search and BirthFamily Search Testimonials

Birthmother Search | BirthFamily SearchHere are just a few birthmother and birthfamily search testimonials OmniTrace recently received.  We realize we are tooting our own horn here, but we can't help it!!!  Laughing 

Successful Birthmother Search

Thank you for your report on the search for my birthmother. I made a call to the number you gave me and made a contact. 

Marjorie is 85 and has some issues with the memory. I went thru this with my adoptive parents at that age. She also acknowledged that she was my birthmother. I kept the phone call short and said I would write to her.  This may trigger some

Successful People Search For Mother In USA

We receive so many emails via our contact us page asking for people search help.  Some of these emails are so poignant!  We wish we could post these requests in their entirety, but we need to protect the confidentiality of our visitors and the people we search for and find.  

Yesterday, we received a search request from Fatima, who lives in Iran. She has been searching for her mother in the USA.  Apparently, she was taken from the USA to Iran by her father without having a chance to say goodbye to her mother.  It was a sad email. Cry

Good news! Smile  We found her mother who

Good News About Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey…

Finding Birth Parents In New Jersey May Soon Be Easier

We learned recently that the New Jersey Senate approved New Jersey Open Records - Find Birth Parentsgiving adoptees access to their original birth certificates. Laughing  Currently, an adoptee can only possess the amended birth certificate which displays their adoptive parent's names.  An original birth certificate will display the names of the birth parents, along with other identifying information. 

There's a caveat, of course: Birth parents will be able to contact the state to have their names deleted.  If they elect to do this, they would fill out a birth family history form containing medical and social history.  The birth parent would also have

Our Free USA People Search Website Is Growing!

Free USA People Search WebsiteOur FREE USA People Search Website Is Growing! 

Here, you will find only the best, FREE people search tools and resources to find people.   

Why our people search website will be the best free resource available:

  • Private investigators, people search experts, genealogists and computer nerds Smile are building the site.
  • Here are our favorite FREE people search resources and we'll teach you how to use them.
  • Our search team is giving free assistance if you have any difficulties with your people search.
  • We are offering free searches to many of our visitors. 
  • We are giving people search advice to help you find old friends, lost loves, birthparents, adoptees, lost family members, military buddies, missing heirs and more.

To get started with your people search you can always click on the "Find People" link on the upper right area of our website. Or, just click on some of these links:

Please come back often as we continue to grow our people search website and add additional pages.  We'd appreciate if you let us know how we can make our website better.  You might even be rewarded with a FREE people search Laughing.

Good News From OmniTrace About Finding Birth Family…

Good News - OmniTrace Is Finding Birth Family All Over The USA 

Finding Birth FamilyChris,

I cannot thank you and Omnitrace enough!  You found my birth family.

I spoke with Theresa and Rosalie, and their father.  They are going to send me pictures of my birth mother.  They were very excited to hear about me, and Theresa's son was happy he had another "uncle" now.

Theresa also put me in touch with the older siblings, James and Russell.  I spent the entire weekend speaking

Find Birth Parents | California Non-Identifying Information

Find Birth Parents In California By Obtaining Non-Identifying Information 

We just received a comment to one of our posts from Lynn.  She asked us for help to find her birth parents.  Here's what she wrote: 

"Hi, I was born on 10/24/1964 in Torrance,CA Los Angeles County. The hospital was Torrance Memorial Hospital. The agency was Los Angeles County Bureau of Adoptions. The Decree was finalized on 9/24/1965 in the Superior court of Torrance, CA LA County. The Judge was Alen Miller. My State file # on BC: 64-310109 Local #7089 056263. I was told my mother was a highschool student and 14 years of age. My Birthname was Baby girl O'Rourketo complete."

Lynn, when searching for birth parents, in many instances, having a last name is not enough to

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