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Discussions on everything dealing with background checks and criminal records
How to Find Adopted Family Members
August 31st, 2010 by admin | Posted in Court Records, Genealogical Records, Vital Records | | No Comments »Searching for Adopted Family Members Learning how to find adopted family members opens up a new avenue of personal relationships, letting you connect with biological family members to enrich your life. You’ll often find the eye-opening similarites and characteristics that reaffirm your kinship...
How Do I Learn about a Family Tree?
August 30th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Genealogical Records | | 1 Comment »Ancestry Research 101 Knowing how to learn about a family tree lets you connect with your family’s past, establishing the bloodlines going back generations, if not whole centuries. In the Information Age, people can use the Internet to research their genealogical background, and ancestry resea...
How to Obtain Telephone Records in a Divorce
August 27th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Court Records | | 1 Comment »Obtaining Phone Records for a Divorce Case We continue our detour into the subject of marriage records with “How to Obtain Telephone Records in a Divorce“. Hopefully, this is information you never need to know. If you do, though, it’s probably pretty important you obtain the phone ...
All About Marriage Records
August 26th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Public Records, Vital Records | | 1 Comment »Finding Marriage Certificates Online In posts stretching over the better part of a year, I’ve written all about marriage records, including how to find marriage certificates, how to obtain divorce records, and a general overview of finding not only marriage certificates, but also vital records...
How to Find Marriage Records
August 25th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Vital Records | | 1 Comment »Finding Marriage Certificates Marriage documents are public records, so it’s easy to learn how to find marriage records. If you have the names of the bride and groom and their date of marriage, you can find weddings information online quite easily, which can help you with genealogical resource...
How to Obtain a Copy of a Business License
August 24th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Business Records | | No Comments »Obtaining Business License Documentation I’ve received a question or two lately about how to obtain a copy of a business license. I’ve touched on this subject before, but I wanted to answer lingering questions with a complete answer. Business licenses are a matter of public record, so yo...
Genealogy and Census Information
August 23rd, 2010 by admin | Posted in Genealogical Records, Vital Records | | No Comments »The U.S. Census and Ancestry Research People who have researched family ancestry understand how useful census information is to a genealogy study. While there are other resources for people wanting to learn about their family tree (immigration records, church records, vital records), the census info...
How to Make Out a Will
August 20th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Vital Records | | No Comments »Making Out a Last Will and Testament Know how to make out a will, if you don’t want to hire a lawyer to handle your last will and testament. Dwelling on the thought of your own death is one of the last things most people want to do. But even those of us in our prime should consider how our dea...
Irish Genealogy Records
August 19th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Genealogical Records | | 1 Comment »Ireland Ancestry Studies It’s been a while since I’ve talked about Irish genealogy records, so I wanted to review the latest updates on ancestry resources for Ireland. So many Americans have Irish bloodlines, because of the tragic state of Ireland under British rule in the middle of the ...
How to Write Dates in Genealogy Research
August 18th, 2010 by admin | Posted in Genealogical Records | | No Comments »Writing Dates in Ancestry Records You may have noticed in your ancestry studies that historical dates in records is not uniform, which can cause confusion when trying to decipher dates of birth and death. Learn how to writes dates in genealogical research, so your notes don’t confuse the next ...