Public records are useful when you need to find vital information about an individual because they contain details that you might be difficult to obtain from other sources. This is true for most states. If you look at copies of Texas Marriage License Records, for example, you will not only find the names of the bride and groom, but the birthplaces of their parents as well. Some records even include the witnesses' names and details about the previous marriages for both parties. Additionally, if you look through old marriage records, you will find information about what the couple's occupations were when they got married. All this information can be used for a variety of reasons: for checking out a person's past, for verifying a couple's marriage, and even for completing a genealogy project.![]()
