Peter Hirtle sent an interesting note about an online resource that can be useful to genealogists. The sites mentioned are primarily for finding information about living people or those who died within the past few years. I don't see anything on the list for records of 100 years ago.
Peter writes:
Peter writes:
The Gov Info Pro blog at http://www.governmentinfopro.com/ as an interesting post about a new resource prepared by a librarian at the Dept. of Justice entitled Public Records Resources Online: How to Find Everything There Is to Know About 'Mr. X'. Here is a summary of what is covered:
- Summary of public records on Mr. X ...
- His social security number is ...
- He was born / died ...
- He was married / divorced ...
- He lives / lived ...
- He owns / is licensed to drive ...
- He is a licensed ...
- His corporate affiliations ...
- Information about his companies / charities ...
- His court records and filings ...
- His Web site / E-mail address ...
- He went to college ...
- Information about him in the News ...
- His voter registration & campaign contributions ...
- Information about him on the Web ...
- and more...
I suspect all of this information would be of interest to a genealogist.
I agree with Peter: these sites can be useful. I will point out that the sites listed are a mix of free and for-pay sites, some of which require subscriptions. However, many of those for-pay sites are available through your local library.
The article is available at http://www.governmentinfopro.com/ but eventually will scroll down the page as newer articles are added. For a more direct link to the How to Find Everything There Is to Know About 'Mr. X' guide, click here: http://www.governmentinfopro.com/PublicRecordsGuide.pdf
