What types of public records may be available online?

Public records obtain incredible amounts of information about us. They may be accessed for a variety of reasons. Some of the most popular records sought from public sources are:

Birth records – This is one record that searchers often perform on themselves. A birth records can contain location information, maternal and paternal parent names and dates.

Marriage records – Marriage and annulment information is often used when tracing a family's history, or researching someone's past relationships.

Death records – Need to find out if someone is deceased or when they died? County death records may help find this out.

Property records – These records can include everything from square footage of the property, bed rooms and bath rooms, who is listed on the property deed, assessed values and more.

These are not the only record searches that someone may use public information for but they are some of the most common.