The Locator: A Step-By-Step Guide To Finding Lost Family, Friends, And Loved Ones--Anywhere, Any Time

As seen on national television, Troy Dunn and the International Locator, Inc./BigHugs.com now make available for the first time all of their secrets for finding lost friends, family, and loved ones--anywhere, anytime.

If you are one of the nine out of ten people looking for someone in your past, you need the information in this book:

How to search successfully on the Internet
How to obtain essential government records
How to gather all-important adoption records
How to access millions of public records FREE
How to make effective phone calls
How to write letters that get a positive response
How to decide where to look, when, and why
How to be sure that your reunion will be as rewarding as it can be

The Locator not only provides all the above information, but also includes sample documents that indicate where crucial information might be "hidden in plain sight"; sample letters to follow when making those all-important contacts; a complete listing, including addresses and telephone numbers, of all essential agencies throughout the world; information on how to get help from the International Locator itself.


As Dunn has said, if you know the name of the person you're looking for, he's not lost, he's just misplaced. If this is the case, THE LOCATOR will help you find the one you've misplaced as quickly as possible. But even if you don't know the name of your lost loved one--if you're an adoptee or the birth parent of one--THE LOCATOR will show you how to work within the system, cut through the red tape, and put together all the clues you'll need to find the person you've lost.

Troy Dunn walks you through the process, from the day of decision until the final phone call, explaining what questions to ask yourself and others; how to keep records; what agencies, organizations, and government offices to contact; and how to word telephone queries and letters to receive the best results. Extensive appendixes provide the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the agencies you will need to contact, throughout the United States and around the world. And, most important of all, Dunn includes a wealth of actual documents, indicating how to read the disparate information they provide, and put it all together until the puzzle is completely solved. -->

Troy Dunn is founder and president of International Locator, Inc./BigHugs.com in Cape Coral, Florida, the largest licensed investigation agency in the United States specializing in missing persons. He will be familiar to television viewers from his many appearances on such programs as "Sally Jessy Raphael" and "Unsolved Mysteries." Since its founding a decade ago, International Locator, Inc., has reunited thousands of people in all fifty states and many other countries.