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Best of the Web: Reference » Public Records
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Background Check Gateway
Find useful tips and resources for performing background checks and people searches.
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BRB Publications Free Public Records Sites
Provides links to free government sites along with some important non-government sites which permit searching for public records.
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NETRonline.com Public Records Online Directory
A portal to real estate public records and property information.
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Portico
A collection of Websites containing publicly available information.
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Property Shark
With data on real estate in selected cities compiled from government sources, this site is useful to tenants as well as prospective buyers and renters. It provides property records, maps, photos, building permits and violations, and the demographics of the area surrounding a given address.
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Public Records and Public Information in the People Finder Guide
Offers an annotated list of sources of public records and public information.
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Search Systems
An extensive directory of links to free public records databases on the Internet.
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May Day in New York (1856). NYPL Picture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery