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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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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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7 Jul

New sources, More activity on state employee salaries

Salaries of Delaware state employees who are paid with non public funds are not public records, according to an opinion issued this year by the Delaware Attorney General. Delaware State University solicited the opinion in response to a Freedom of...
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4 Jul

Database of the day: Funeral homes and directors disciplinary actions

Search the online records of disciplinary actions from 2000 to 2007 for funeral homes and funeral practitioners at the Maine Board of Funeral Service. Use this advanced search query at the Google search engine. In this example, I’ve searched the...
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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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24 Jun

Illinois Meth Manufacturer Database Online

You can now add the Illinois Methamphetamine Manufacturer Database to the few other state online databases of meth makers. Search by partial last name, limiter by county is optional. Search returns the full name, AKA, date of birth, county of...
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24 Jun

Database of the Day: Federal and state employee names and salaries

See the recently added category – What’s New At… – in the left sidebar, which includes a link to the collection of databases assembled by the Asbury Park Press. Just online is the salary database of 2006 federal employees. Search...
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23 Jun

Government seeks to further restrict the use and display of the Social Security number

A federal legislative hearing spotlighted (once again) the widespread display of Social Security numbers in public records.Various speakers at the recent House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security discussed the problems of identity theft. Justin Yurek of ID Watchdog,...
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21 Jun

Database of the Day: Missouri Department of Corrections

The Missouri Department of Corrections unveiled its offender search database last month.The site is down due to technical difficulties but will hopefully be accessible soon. The offender search link includes the offender’s name, DOC ID number, race, sex, date of...
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