Do you wish to pay a professional researcher, commercial organisation or a private investigator?
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There
is an organisation called the Association of Genealogists and
Researchers in Archives whose members will undertake research for a fee. The
researchers are mainly concerned with family history work but some also research
finding living people- You may find commercial people-finding organisations and private investigators through following links from web sites on the Gateway. Some links to these are given on the British Library social policy information service (SPIS) and BAAF web sites
- You can also find private investigators in yellow pages directories. Visit the Telephone Directories section of WebLinks for directory web sites. Bedford Central, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard libraries hold a full printed set of yellow pages for the UK. Other Bedfordshire libraries hold the local yellow pages for their area.
- Please note that direct or indirect links from WebLinks to fee-charging commercial organisations or investigators do not indicate that we recommend or endorse them
- Take great care if you commit to paying any money to a commercial people-finding organisation or private investigator. The costs might mount up greatly, especially if you are being charged according to time spent rather than a fixed quote. You could also note whether the sources they might be using might be ones you could search yourself at a lesser cost or free
Page last updated: 25th November 2013