Even the best databases can be useless if all you have is a person's first name. How many "Amandas" are there?

A lot of the success anyone has in a search will depend on how many unique pieces of information you have about your subject. Generally speaking, some things that help describe a person are a middle initial, an email address, a social security number, a drivers' license or the license plate of a vehicle you know your subject owns. Each one of these is unique to the individual you are trying to find, and they help to eliminate the others - Sherlock Holmes described his famous method of deduction this way: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true."

Unique identifiers help you eliminate the impossible. More.

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