Have
you ever wanted to locate a lost love or missing relative? Reminisce
with a military buddy or childhood friend? If you wish to reconnect
with
someone from your past, please join us for our Lost Family and Friends
Investigative Class. Don't let another year pass without that special
someone back in
your life!
Bio:
Linda Rakita
With over
20 years experience in locating and reuniting adoptees and birth parents
in addition to finding lost friends and family, Linda has passionately
devoted herself to those with the need for reunions and resolutions.
As a Senior
Search Specialist with an international locating company, she has successfully
solved hundreds of difficult cases. Linda continues to provide individual
private search services to those wishing to reconnect with lost loved
ones.
In addition,
Linda created and taught two online investigative classes for several
years with MyFamily.com.. Her Adoption Investigative Class and the Lost
Friends and Family Investigative Class share secrets and systems previously
known only to professional search specialists.
Her classes
share with you her years of information and expertise with insight,
compassion and understanding. With the realization that each search
is unique, she will gently guide students through the twists and turns
of an unparalleled journey.
Linda continues
to look forward to teaching students how to turn that fond but distant
memory into this year's reality!
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LESSON
TITLES
Lesson
ONE Class is in Session
Class Description
Expectations
Explanation of Computer Usage
Offline Information
Searching
Contact
Paperwork
Lesson TWO Let's Begin to Learn
Bookmarks
National Archives and Records Administration
Public Record Sites
Google.com
Marriage/Death Online Records
Telephone Numbers
Translation Services
Memory Journal
Source and Document List
Lesson THREE Down Memory Lane
Your Recollections of Person's:
Last known address/phone number
Schools
Careers
Religious Affiliation
Military Connections
Community Involvement
What You Recall About Their Family/Friends':
Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers
Occupations
Interests
Lesson Four The Write and the Wrong Way
Rootsweb.com
Library Assistance
Marriage Records
Divorce Decrees
Social Security Death Index
Social Security Administration Codes
National Obituary Archives
Telephone Directories
State/County/City Information
Google.com
Military Information
School Sites
Birthday Search
Newspapers
Prisons
Lesson Five Phone Format
Telephone Guidelines
Conversation Log
Finding Schools in Question
Lists of Students
School Registration Cards
Family Privacy Act
Obituaries
Yearbooks
Alumni Associations
Lesson Six The Needle in the Haystack
Libraries
City Directories
Neighbors
Newspapers
SSDI
Unlisted Phone Numbers
Veteran's Administration
Military Locators
Freedom of Information Act
Serial Number/SSN Connection
Deadbeat Dad Contact Information
Missing Children
Red Cross/Salvation Army
Lesson Seven Almost There
State Records
County Records
Vital Statistic Information
Civil Court Records
Passport Data
Embassies/Consulates
Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Involvement
National Archives
International Assistance
Religious Records
Lesson Eight Houston, We Have Contact!
Verifying Data is Accurate
Phone Calls vs. Letters
Preparing for "The Call'
Writing Letters for First Contact
Tips for Finding New Addresses
Your Responsibilities
Emotional Preparations
Future Expectations
Contact
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Linda Rakita