Contact the Better Business Bureau or governing agency that monitors or licenses the business you are considering hiring to determine if complaints have been filed. Make decision about employing using the same judgment you would exercise when hiring anyone. Stress what you want done and set limitations. Understand and agree on the range and cost of the service. Always request a written report to include all work agreed upon.
Most agencies require a retainer fee to be paid in advance.
1000 NE 10th Street, P.O. Box 53551, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3551. Records available include birth and death certificates. Records available include microfilmed newspapers and census records, archived telephone directories. Department of Human Services, P.O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Services include a reunion registry.