60 Sites in 60 Minutes for Private Investigators

By Tamara Thompson (http://tamarathompsoninvestigations.com ) and PI buzz (http://pibuzz.com ). Link your 60 Sites to us (http://privateinvestigator.pbwiki.com )

Business and Competitive Intelligence Research

• Business Research Info - Compilation of links - (http://business-research.info/ )
• Directory of Government category links - (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs /)
• National Archive Business Databases - (http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=PS31 )
• Business Biographies and Encyclopedias - (http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/
• Bank Routing Numbers - (http://www.fedwiredirectory.frb.org/search.cfm )

Concealed Carry Weapon

• C C W Permits - Concealed Carry Weapon Permits - (http://www.packing.org/ )

Email, Domain and URL Tracing

• SamSpade (http://www.samspade.org/ )

General Directories

• Internet Public Library - Search tools, reference and topical links (http://www.ipl.org/ )
• Internet Search Tools and Directories - Pandia (http://pandia.com/ )
• Business Non Profits Media and Reference - Portico (http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/ )

Government - Locate Public Records - Government Entities - Courts and Forms

• FirstGov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal (http://www.firstgov.gov/
• Search Systems - The largest, most current directory of public records links (http://searchsystems.net )
• Public Records Links, Guides and Forms - BRB Publications (http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.asp?h=1 )
• The Records Project - Search for public records with instructions for various gov. entities in states and counties (http://recordsproject.com/) 
• Public Record Portal, Blog & Discussion Forums - Courtport (http://courtport.com/ )
• National Center for State Courts- List of links to all state courts (http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html )
• Confirm Military Personnel - (https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/owa/home )
• Verify Selective Service Registration LN, SSN and DOB required. Returns date of registration. (http://www4.sss.gov/regver/verification1.asp

Insurance Claims

• Claims Pages - Documents and databases - (http://www.claimspages.com/ )
• State Insurance Department Web sites - (http://www.naic.org/state_web_map.htm )

Laws and Codes

• Legislative Bills - Links to each states bill search page - (http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks_search.cfm )

Libraries and Media

• Locate a Library and Periodicals - Lib Dex (http://www.libdex.com/ )
• Newspapers and Magazines - Search by topic, region or periodical - (http://www.newsdirectory.com/ )
• News Search Portal - News search engines and sources - (http://www.nieuwsbronnen.com/newssearchportal/ )
• Identify and Locate Historical Periodicals - Center for Research Libraries (http://www.crl.edu/ )
• Same Day Delivery of Any Date Newspaper - Newspaper Direct(http://newspaperdirect.com/ )
• Video Search and Alerts - Search for Video (http://www.searchforvideo.com/ )

Maps/Weather

• Current and Historical Weather - (http://www.noaa.gov/ )
• Map24 - Online route maps - (http://www.us.map24.com/ )

People and Background Finders

• People and Business Connections - Find employees and resumes - (http://www.zoominfo.com/ )
• Find employment and business ownership - ( http://www.voompeople.com )

Post Office - Telecommunications

• Postal Offices and Fax Numbers - (http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?Mem=1355&PR=138&CSF=LocatorPostOffice&CID=1222
• International Telephone Directories - (http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp )
• Telephone Location - (http://w2.melissadata.com/Lookups/phonelocation.asp ) Find the geographic area where a landline is located. In the search results, select "click here for more information", adjacent to "Public Data", to see the ages of the residents.
• Telephone Carrier - Fone Finder (http://fonefinder.net/ ) Search by the first 7 digits to find the carrier of a cell or landline and the town for the landline.
• Cumulative Listing of All Area Code Splits, 1995 to Present - (http://www.lincmad.com/newareacodes.html )
• Telephone Carrier - Agent for Service of Process and company information - (http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cib/form499/499a.cfm ) Provides officer names, company address, telephone, fax and email.
• FCC Licensed Ham Radio Operators - Search by name returns locate information - (http://www.qrz.com/ )

Professional Directories

• Process Servers - Locate all yellow pages listed registered process servers - (http://www.superpages.com/ )

Real Property

• Search by Address - (http://www.realestateabc.com/ )
• Gateway to Real Estate Sites - (http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/personalproperty.html )

Topical Portals and Directories

• Criminal Corrections Departments - Prison and Inmate Locates - Criminal Justice Research (http://www.corrections.com/links/index.asp )
• The Georgia Civil Process Association - (http://www.georgiacivilprocess.org/ )

Vital Records - California Birth, Death and Marriage

• VitalSearch - A free and low cost searchable database, covering California, Oregon and Texas, and 15 other states. The fee service is much more flexible, providing more search parameters. (http://www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com/ )
• Order Vital Records - (http://www.vitalrec.com/ )

Words/Reference

• Dictionary/Thesaurus/Encyclopedia - (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ )
• Medical Terms - (http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp )
• Answers to Research Questions - Google Answers - (http://www.answers.google.com/ )