Person Search - All About Public Records Search To Locate A Person

In doing a public records search, you'll find a wealth of information that will be useful to locate a person. This page and the next page will help you to know which records you may want to search for to do a person search.

In many cases, you can do a public records search with just a full name and date of birth to locate a person. If you don't have the date of birth, click here for information that will help you find it.

You can do a public records search with marriage records. A marriage record is filed in the courthouse in which the license was issued. You'll also may find the marriage record at the state vital statistics office.

A marriage record contains full names, dates and places of birth, ages, groom's present address, present and last occupation, and kind of employment. Also included in the marriage public records search may be the groom's father's name, mother's maiden name, and both of their birthplaces and other information. There's loads of information to help you locate a person.

Some of this information is copied onto the marriage certificate. In addition, the bride's and groom's religion, the name of the person who performed the ceremony, and the names of the witnesses may be included.

You can do a public records search with divorce records. A divorce record is filed in the courthouse where the decree was issued. You'll also find the divorce record at the state vital statistics office.

A divorce record contains full names, dates of birth, date and place of marriage, names of any children, and last known addresses of the parties involved. Also included on the divorce public records search may be an employer, the names of those persons from whom divorced earlier, Social Security numbers, a list of property and other information.

You can do a public records search with death records. A death record is filed at state vital statistics office.

A death record contains the deceased's age, date and place of birth, last known address, next of kin, funeral director, cemetery interred, or crematory. Also included on the death record may be the deceased's occupation, military record, and other information. Searching for a death record could lead you to the probate record. A probate record shows the names and addresses of those provided for in the will. Also included may be names of the executor and lawyer for the will.

You can do a public records search with obituary records. You'll find a deceased's obituary in newspapers. Newspapers keep an index of all back issues.

A deceased's obituary contains names of survivors and mentions the city/state where they reside.

You'll find a voter registration record filed at the county courthouse. A voter registration record contains full name, address, date and place of birth, employer, and voting district. Also included on the voter registration record may be date and place of birth, occupation, and Social Security number.

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