Personally, I know four people expecting babies in the next couple of months. As my personal gift to all of them, I am searching through court information for them. Now, some may wonder what babies and court information may have in common, but it all comes down to safety.

Court Records Search for Child Safety

When the baby is born, every mother I know will need to go back to work. This means that they will need someone to watch the baby. We do a variety of checks to make sure the babies are in the best of care while with the babysitter.

How to Investigate a Nanny/ Babysitter

You will need:

• First, get the full name and any previous names of the babysitter.
• Ask for a birth date as well.
• If you feel comfortable, ask for the social security number. (While not required, it does make checking easier.)

Criminal Background Check:

You will want to start with a criminal background check. This way you can find out immediately what kind of past your potential sitter has. Personally, I do not eliminate nanny’s and sitters just because they had something on their record. However, if they have a history of shoplifting, then I am careful not to leave them in my house.

Driving History Check:

If you plan on letting the sitter take your baby anywhere, then you will definitely want to do a driving history check. You want to know if they have speeding tickets or have a large amount of accidents. Again, I don’t disqualify a person based on one accident but I do check.

Employment Check:

Many people skip over this step thinking it is unnecessary. For me, I want to know what kind of work history this person has. Do they tend to flop around jobs at will? I want someone to stick around with the children and not someone that is flaky and can leave at the drop of a hat.

Verifying References with Checks

Since references can easily be faked, I do reverse phone look-ups to see where the number comes from. I want to see if the name matches the one given. Cell phone records may be on a family plan but even this should tell you something. The numbers should be different and not all connected to the same person. I then do a quick search on the person to see if the information matches what the reference says. They couldn’t watch someone’s kids if that person does not have any kids.

You too can search court information and find out everything you need to make sure the Nanny or sitter is safe. The searches are completely confidential and can be done in the privacy of your own home.

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You are so excited. Your boyfriend finally popped the big question but before you walk down that aisle, you need to do a background report. Now this may seem like a joy kill kind of thing to do, but it is really a very sensible thing.

This is the time to learn as much as you can while you still can. It is much easier to find out the truth now while you can still back out. Filing for divorce is hard on everyone and can be easily avoided by a simple background check.

Discover the Truth with Marriage and Divorce Records
The first thing you need to check is marriage records. This is simple done by inputting your boyfriend’s name into an online marriage record’s database. You can do this online because you do not need an official paper license. A simple online record is sufficient proof of a marriage.

If any marriages turn up (hopefully you knew), then crosscheck the marriage records with the divorce records. For each marriage, there should be a divorce record. It there is no divorce record, then he is still married and cannot marry you.

Discover the Truth with a Criminal Background Check
Assuming your boyfriend is not married, you will want to do a criminal background check. You do this in the same manner as a marriage check. You input the name into the criminal background check database along with the city and state.

This time you will have to narrow it down by his age. You can read everything that has happened in his life. Hopefully, it is nothing surprising but this is the time to find out.

Discover the Truth with a Social Security Number Check
Doing a social security number check is the most accurate way to check someone’s background. You always know you have the right person because no one else has that social security number. Therefore, if your boyfriend has made it past the other checks, then you can do this last test for final reassurance that everything is okay to get married.

Simply go online to a social security background check database. Now be extra careful that you are on a secure website. You do not want to give your boyfriend’s social security number out to just anyone. Then input the number along with his last name to do the check. Once, you have your information you will know if he is the right man for you.

You can start your own detective work today. Long gone are the days of digging through piles of dusty old records in cold storage basements. You can discover the truth about your boyfriend through background reports in the comforts of your own home.

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Many people meet others online and that leads to unknown factors but that does not have to be the case when you do a marriage license search along with other public records searches. Recently, a friend of mine met this great guy online and wanted to meet him for lunch. I am the skeptical type, so I wanted to check him out before I let her go.

Marriage License Search

Before I let my friend go meet up with some stranger, I wanted to make sure this guy wasn’t married. After all, what is the point of meeting with a guy who has a wife and kids at home? We went online and imputed his name in the marriage license search. It came back with ten names. Neither one matched the city or state. So, we thought we were good on that. The guy hadn’t been married. I was satisfied he had not lied to her about that.

Criminal Background Check

Some people may call me paranoid, but this is my best friend we are talking about and her safety means the world to me. I do not want my friend to go out with some deranged killer. Even if he is not a deranged killer, I do not want to her to go with a criminal period.

On the same website, I clicked over to the criminal records. From there, I entered his first and last name again and clicked search. I had to select which one was him based on his age and where he lived. We discovered he didn’t have anything wrong with him but you never know. This time he didn’t.

Sex Offender List

The easiest thing to search for is sex offenders. Federal law says all sex offenders must be registered. I went online to the national family watchdog registry and typed in his name. Then I selected the state. Thankfully, his name did not come up but if it did, you can bet she would not have gone.

More Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Records

Thanks to FOIA, you may uncover marriage license searches and do it all in the privacy of your own home. You don’t have to hire your own private detective to get the info that you need anymore. You never have to wonder if someone is telling you the truth again because you can check yourself.

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