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Public records are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government.

The name and concept of "yellow pages" came about in 1883, when a printer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, working on a regular telephone directory ran out of white paper and used yellow paper instead. In 1886, Reuben H. Donnelley created the first official Yellow Pages directory.

The yellow pages are any telephone directory of businesses, organized by category rather than alphabetically by business name, and in which advertising is sold. The directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings.

Often, a courthouse will record the name of the individual that requested any public records. Marriage license information, however, can also be obtained from fee based services that will perform a public records search.Other than identification, there are few restrictions for requesting public records.

Check your county clerk's website. You can usually Access Criminal Court Records for civil, criminal, and small claims cases at the district or county level. Type your county's name and "criminal records"or "civil court records"into a search engine to find these records.

The county tax assessor appraises and determines property taxes for all real property in a county. The assessors' databases are available online, free of charge to anyone wanting to research property tax records. Available records include the taxpayer's name and address, the property's value and taxes paid and due.