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Category Archives: California

18 Jul

California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 Now Online

The limited statewide California Divorce Index, produced by the Department of Vital Records for a mere 18 years, has been added to the Ancestry.com product line. Divorces that occurred from 1966 to 1984 are searchable by name or partial name,...
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California, Genealogy, Public Records, States 9 Comments

7 Jul

Sacramento County, California voter registration

The Sacramento County, California, Voter Registration and Elections site has a “Lookup Polling Place” feature that enables you to confirm that someone is registered to vote at a particular address. The search requires you to input street number, zip code...
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4 Jul

This week in public records: Alabama – California – Maine – Virginia

The well established may disappear overnight in the realm of online government records. Visitors to the Jefferson County, Alabama Probate Court online records search – the site for images of land records, personal property and probate recordings – were recently...
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30 Jun

This week in public records: Federal – Washington – Iowa – Wisconsin – California – Tennessee – Pennsylvania

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling that could advance employee rights to privacy protection of their personal email generated at a workplace computer. In Warshak v. United States, the federal court upheld the finding...
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20 Jun

This week in public records: California – Connecticut – North Carolina – Nebraska – New York – Minnesota

The Los Angeles County Superior Court has ruled that church personnel files of priests accused of molesting children may be released to the public, whether or not there was a criminal prosecution. The decision affects a small number of clergy...
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Business, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Public Records, States, Telco, Vital Records 4 Comments

14 Jun

Los Angeles Sheriff inmate search, Paris Hilton and the Los Angeles Times

Maybe you want to find a criminal record, a date of birth, the address of a real property owner or you’re researching a celebrity. At first, I dismissed the Paris Hilton arrest story as just another tiresome case of America’s...
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8 Jun

This week in public records: California – Idaho – Utah – Texas – Arizona

The California Supreme Court seems to be leaning toward the interpretation of state law granting the public access to the names and salaries of government employees, including police officers. A ruling is expected within 3 months. A favorable ruling for...
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6 Jun

Free online directories of state, county and local officials

Many states and local municipalities have rosters of city, county and state public officials available in a single PDF document that can be saved to your computer for later reference. Don’t confuse these rosters with the state telephone directories, which...
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California, Government, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Rhode Island, States 1 Comment

4 Jun

Find a California private investigator Qualified Manager license or a denial of license

The California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) Web site has added a search by business owners, principals or qualified managers to its “Verify A License” lookup. BSIS regulates security guards, private investigators, repossessors, locksmiths and alarm company operators....
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California, Databases, Government, Public Records, States 1 Comment

31 May

This week in public records: California – Washington – Missouri – Indiana – Wisconsin – Pennsylvania

A few months ago I wrote about the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control maintains License Query System. An added feature to the ABC site is daily, weekly and annual reports of new licenses, license status changes and actions taken...
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California, Indiana, Legislation, Missouri, Pennsylvania, PI Business, Professional Licenses, Public Records, Regulation, States, Washington, Wisconsin 1 Comment