Friday, April 3, 2009

Techniques To Find Online Marriage Records

By Ben Dave

People have many different reasons and purposes for wishing to get copies of public marriage records. Some want them in order to trace their familys history. Others need a copy of their marriage license because they are going to be filing for divorce. But for the majority of the people who search public marriage records, they are just taking precaution to check on their own partners or those of their loved ones because they know love is blind.

In the old days, when it came to getting hold of a copy of your marriage records, you would need to visit your local public office where such information was retained. However, such searches can be carried out online over the internet these days. Online Marriage Records will end up saving you time and money. We look at a few ways and practices of retrieving public marriage records by commercial information providers and lay them out to determine which one may well best serve your needs.

A useful format employed by many online record providers starts with the entry of the full name and age of the subject whose public marriage records the search is for in the search box. The search button is then clicked to initiate the check and a list of names will appear on the screen. Their respective geographical locations or states will show up alongside the names and you simply select the one that corresponds to the one you are after. In order to obtain their marriage records, you will first have to get a background check of the person carried out for which you will be charged a fee. Each search will obtain the state marriage records for only a particular state as these records are under state jurisdiction. Along with the marriage details however, you will also be provided with information of their current address, any property liens, criminal records if any, the value of their home and any legal judgment made against them in small claims courts.

Another business model that is widely used by commercial online record providers is by tapping into hundreds of government agencies throughout the US. After receiving an order, they then pass it on to the concerned agency that will then process and get your order shipped out to you. To have the information sent to you, you can choose either for them to forward it through the regular mail system or for an additional fee, have it arranged to be delivered within two days by courier. Getting it delivered by courier not only means it arrives more quickly and you can track it, but also it will reach you safely.

Another type of service differs quite a bit from that offered by the above other two. When you place an order, they will then actually send out one of their researchers in person to the particular public office that holds the public marriage records that you are after. They then obtain copies of the documents by walk-up for delivery to you. How much they charge will depend on exactly the location of where the researcher needs to go.

When it comes to getting hold of free marriage records, there are quite a few sites online that offer such a service. But generally, the information that they provide will be very limited. Typically, it will show the persons name, age, place of birth and place of work and residence. Also, it will show the time and place of the marriage and also who witnessed the ceremony and who conducted it. Plus these marriage records will show the couples parents details but nothing more.

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