Yes, we have some ancient Greek records but they are not what you may think they are. The ancient Greeks […]
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Small Town Security Enters its Third Season
We don’t always obsess over government scandals and public records databases around here. We also watch our share of television […]
Do Any Ancient Roman Records Still Exist Today?
The ancient Roman culture is credited by modern historians with inventing almost every modern convenience and technology prior to the […]
How Researchers Use Public Records to Study Society
Public records have become an important research tool for many academics over the past decade. The gradual loosening of government […]
Social Security Numbers Not So Private After All
Your social security number should only be known to you, the government, and your employer’s Human Resources office. But did […]
Illinois Law Enforcement To Share Juvenile Records With Schools
Sometimes the laws we make to protect ourselves and our families put other people into danger. Illinois has just passed […]
Changes to RecordsBackground and Blog
We have redesigned the Records Background Website. Traffic has fallen off over the past few months and we decided we […]
Wisconsin Court Upholds Limits on Records Request Fees
If you have ever requested public records from a local jurisdiction such as a police department you have more than […]
Articles on How to Find Court Records
The Background Records Blog has an entire dedicated section for articles about court records. If you have never searched court […]
How Many Categories of Public Records Articles Do We Have?
You can easily spend hours browsing the Background Records Blog‘s archive of articles that teach you how to conduct your […]
Read Daily News About Government Records and More
You may not know this but Records Background has a daily newspaper compiled by Paper.li. You can subscribe to the […]
Did You Know You Can Search Federal Records Online?
This is so cool. The Federal Digital System is maintained by the US Government Printing Office. You can search government […]
Useful Articles to Help You Search Real Estate Records
These articles from the Background Records Blog should help you conduct research on real estate records. Whether you are buying […]
British Government Destroyed Records of Colonial Crimes
The Guardian recently published a story alleging that members of the British government destroyed large numbers of documents “detailing some […]
1940 US Census Records Now Available Online
Earlier this month CNN carried a story about the US National Archives releasing the 1940 US Census data, which had […]
Articles to Help You Search Military Records
It is a little-known fact that a massive fire in 1973 destroyed millions of records for US veterans. Today’s government […]
Washington Post Exposes Lawmakers’ Selfishness Thru Public Records Search
Last month the Washington Post published an extensive research project that canvassed public records for the previous 10 years to […]
Articles about How to Find People Online
If you like to search for people online but are not sure if you are doing it right, the Background […]