| Are you attracted to someone you don't know | | | | These records of events are only stored where |
| much about? Or are you considering hiring a | | | | they occurred, and it's possible that the person |
| stranger to watch your kids or mow your lawn? | | | | you're investigating has broken the law in an area |
| You might want to find out more about that | | | | of the country he didn't live in, so to do a |
| person before you make your decision, because | | | | thorough search you would have to trawl through |
| people aren't always what they seem to be. | | | | every state's databases to find data relating to |
| If you want to uncover the facts about a | | | | the person. So you could easily have to wade |
| person's past, you should consider running a | | | | through hundreds of sites to find the info you |
| criminal background check. You can get details | | | | want. |
| about a person from national, county or state | | | | So you should consider using one of the |
| public records. Various government agencies | | | | numerous online sites that run background checks |
| collect information about people, from their birth | | | | for you. There are free ones, but can you trust |
| and marriage records to their criminal and financial | | | | them to give you accurate info for free? These |
| info. But, unfortunately, these agencies don't have | | | | sites rarely update their data, and have limited |
| a central databank that consolidates this data into | | | | staff to maintain their records. |
| one place where the public can access it. | | | | Most of the pay background sites are reasonably |
| So if you want to do a background search | | | | priced and offer you current, thorough and |
| yourself, you may have to search through dozens | | | | accurate info at the touch of a mouse. |
| of sites to find out want you want to know. | | | | |