Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-54) and index.

The 2015 edition of The Ultimate Search Book displays Lori Carangelo's mastery for finding adopted children, missing relatives, runaway children, and others that was cultivated over an adult lifetime. Inside you will learn just how search experts get past the wall of secrecy and roadblocks to their loved ones; how, in the case of adoptees, they find someone without a prior knowledge of the name; and the trade secrets of both professional investigators and amateur sleuths for legally circumventing roadblocks to accessing information. Resources covered include court dockets, adoption decrees, hospital records, baptismal certificates, DMV records, Social Security records, DNA testing, voter registrations, telephone records, military records, divorces, tax records, etc. including many Internet references to the websites that are critical for finding missing persons.