You zing out phone call after phone call, and by the minute or quarter hour, your murky unknown subject comes into focus. Here are my Top 10 techniques and sources, some obvious,some obscure, that you'll want in your repertoire. Worker's compensation claim Civil index of the county court system, especially divorce. The best and least used are the School census card and the death notice. These two yield family members.
Family members are key to understanding any subject.
So take an hour or two over a few days next week to deliberately run through these records techniques and cultivate the sources who will help you with information over the phone when you're up against the impossible deadline. You won't regret it. It goes without saying that if your paper, station or magazine is tied into any of information databases, you must become an expert on what records are available. In many of these states, you also can search by name of officer or general partner. You can search by owner name, buyer name, mailing address, and parcel numbers.