The Search Advisor

No Find No Fee

There are number of posts and articles on the Internet advocating no find no fee birth family search services.  The sources of these posts and articles may have good intentions but apparently do not understand what is involved with adoption related searching.  

 OmniTrace estimates we have successfully located and reunited more birth parents and adoptees than all  no find no fee search services combined!  Our staff of private investigators and genealogists have learned nearly every legal nuance and trick of the trade available to find birth parents and adoptees and we are constantly updating our resources.  When we conduct a birth parent or adoptee search, we leave no stone unturned. 

Like most professional service related companies (and unlike no find no fee search services), we request our clients

The Locator

We were happy to learn that We tv has announced the renewal of  The Locator adoption search show for a second season.  The second season of The Locator will begin in February 2009. 

The Locator premiered on WE TV September 6, 2008 and has been quite a success during its first season.  The Locator series is one of the network’s most watched shows ever.  It features Troy Dunn - The Locator, who has been locating birth parents and adoptees for nearly 20 years.  In addition to birth parent and adoptee searches, Troy - The Locator has solved thousands of

Original Birth Certificate

An original birth certificate is the record created when you are born.  If you are an adoptee, your original birth certificate was sealed at the time of your adoption. 

An original birth certificate typically contains:

• The birth name of the adoptee
• The date of birth of the adoptee
• The place of birth of the adoptee (including hospital name)
• The names of the birth mother and birth father at the time of the birth
• The birth mother’s maiden name
• Where the birth mother and birth father were born
• The birth mother’s address at the time of the birth

When an adoption is about to occur, information on the birth father is

Reunion Stories

Here are some family and adoption reunion stories sent to our OmniTrace private investigators:  Sari Acevedo, Rachel Weiss and Chris Maione. 

Happy Monday Chris!

I cannot thank Omnitrace enough for bringing such joy into my life!  I sent a letter to Laura’s parents, they called her and she called me.  We set up a meeting for a reunion on Saturday; what a spectacular day for all of us.  Her parents, adopted brother, Laura, myself and my husband met at Applebee’s in West Covina.  We were there for hours, laughing, telling stories and trying to catch up on 31 years of absence.  Laura was raised by the most outstanding, wonderful people.  It was fabulous to meet

Locate Someone Free

You can locate someone free by searching the White Pages.  These are available free via the Internet as well as hard copy telephone books.

Our researchers often use free online telephone directories and telephone books to locate someone and verify their address and phone number information.  We have our own library of telephone books covering cities all over the USA as well a list of our favorite online white page web sites. 

So, why do we use hard copy telephone books instead of online white page directories to locate someone free?  Good question!  We mainly use older telephone books to