Latest Updates & Important News Archive

Posted On: 02-28-08

Record Information Services has added an overlay of census data to our mortgages, deeds, foreclosures, bankruptcies and business licenses. The census is conducted by the US Census Bureau every 10 years. It identifies certain geographic areas by census tract and census block. The census track reflects median numbers when it comes to age and income. It is a generalization about a specific area, not by any means an exact science or number. When selecting an income range, those numbers will reflect a median household income, not an average of the census tract area. The median age is identified by using the census block as a benchmark which does reflect a more accurate picture of a geographic area.

Posted On: 10-09-07

NEW: Advertise your business or service on www.public-record.com. Advertise to a highly targeted audience including investors, bankers, realtors, insurance providers, and more. Monthly and contract rates are available. Please call or email Tiffany Binaté at (630) 557-1000, x234, for more information. You can view our Online Advertising Media Kit.

Posted On: 09-22-07

Proud to launch a Check Illinois coBrand with Chicagos premier Tenant Screening Services Metropolitan Tenant Information Services to create a self service method of doing background checks.

Posted On: 09-22-07

Proud to launch a joint venture with Sun Times, a Foreclosure Transaction portal chicago.suntimes.il-foreclosure.com/ that specifically focuses on Foreclosure transaction across 9 counties.

Posted On: 07-20-07

Proud to launch a joint venture with Chicago Tribune, a Real Estate Transaction portal chicagotribune.public-record.com/realestate that specifically focuses on Real Estate transaction across 15 counties with currency of 1 week old all the way back to 1997 worth of transactions.

Posted On: 03-18-07
One of Chicagoland’s premiere data gathering firms is finally making its vast Illinois public record databases available to the public. Check Illinois a subsidiary of Record Information Services, Inc., will allow private individuals to search for public records on their coworkers, friends, neighbors, or anyone else that you would want to background check.

Posted On: 02-27-07
We are proud to launch an additional 86 counties of Illinois Bankruptcy records. We now cover all Bankruptcy records filed in Illinois.

Posted On: 02-27-07
Record Information Services has launched a partnership with Adjuggler to deliver ads on all of our web sites. With over 1.5 million page views a month, this is a great opportunity for advertisers who wish to target businesses that leverage our data for marketing. Please call Tiffany Binaté at 630-557-1000, x 234 for special three-month introductory rates during our launch.

Posted On: 02-06-07
Proud to launch a joint venture with NBC5 TV, a city and county Foreclosure web site chicago.nbc5.il-foreclosure.com that specifically focuses on foreclosures that are going to auction on the specific day you view the site. Along with launching a Real Estate web site nbc5.public-record.com/realestate that specifically focuses on all Illinois Real Estate transactions search enabled for the consumer.

Posted On: 11-04-06
We are excited to announce expansion into Winnebago County for Divorces, Foreclosures and Probate data effective 11/6/06.

Posted On: 09-30-06
Proud to launch a joint venture with Northwest News Group a city and county Foreclosure web site chicago.nwnews.il-foreclosure.com that specifically focuses on foreclosures that are going to auction on the specific day you view the site. Along with launching a Real Estate web site nwnews.public-record.com/realestate that specifically focuses on all Illinois Real Estate transactions search enabled for the consumer.

Posted On: 09-02-06
Proud to launch with a joint venture with Chicago Tribune a city and county foreclosure web site chicago.chicagotribune.il-foreclosure.com that specifically focuses on foreclosures that are going to auction on the specific day you view the site.

Posted On: 07-30-06
On the www.public-record.com site, we have added the ability in the Mortgage database to select records with Reverse Mortgages only. Also, in the Bankruptcies database has the ability to target bankrupt businesses only.

Posted On: 07-15-06
On the www.public-record.com site Divorce subscribers can now select Plaintiff or Respondent when printing 5160 mailing labels. Mortgage and Real Estate subscribers can now select by Cook County Community in addition to zip code and city. The Mortgage databases now use a standardize lender list for faster data capture when targeting by specific lender.

We are also proud to launch with a joint venture with Daily Herald a city and county foreclosure web site chicago.dailyherald.il-foreclosure.com that specifically focuses on foreclosures that are going to auction on the specific day you view the site.

Posted On: 02-19-06
On the www.public-record.com site, we have added Ethnic Origin selection on the DUI, Criminal Felony, Criminal Misdemeanors and Suspended and Revoked License databases.

Posted On: 02-19-06
We are proud to launch city and county foreclosure web sites that specifically focus on foreclosures that are going to auction on the specific day you view the site. Counties such as cook.il-foreclosure.com and cities such as chicago.il-foreclosure.com give todays foreclosures for FREE.

Posted On: 02-19-06
We are proud to launch our local city and county specific web sites for the Illinois area. Counties such as cook.il.public-record.com and cities such as chicago.il.public-record.com give some brief history of public record transactions.

Posted On: 01-14-06
On the www.public-record.com site, Kane Real Estate, Mortgages and Foreclosures now have assessor links tied to "most" of the records.

Posted On: 11-19-05
Cook Foreclosures now has the ability to be queried by the 77 Chicago communities.

Posted On: 11-16-05

Library partners now have the ability to purchase "customized database sets" based on their patrons desires. Library partners should contact Jeff Metcalf at 630/557-1000 to discuss this newly created option.

Posted On: 11-16-05
In partnership with Socrates, brings you time and money-saving DIY forms, kits and software. Whether you are selling a home, renting property, starting a business or creating a will, legal forms are crucial to managing your real estate, business and personal matters. Take control of your legal issues with Socrates.

Posted On: 10-22-05
Record Information Services is proud to announce that we are going with daily uploads of Cook County Foreclosures and auctions the week of 10/31/2005. Customers will be able to go into the database for example on Tuesday morning and download all the cases that were filed Monday. Also we now have real time sale updates. If an auction has been changed either by a day or a week those updates will be available.

Current customers using a Monday to Monday date range to download the most current files, as of October 31st, 2005 you will use the previous days date to download the previous days cases filed. We hope this will further give our customers more advantages when it comes to the currency with the data. The collar counties will remain weekly updates for now.

Posted On: 09-18-05
library.public-record.com has gone through a major redesign adding many new features along with additional counties in bankruptcies (Boone, Dekalb, LaSalle, Lee and Ogle) and additional counties in new home owners (Dekalb, Madison, Peoria, Rock Island, Tazewell and Winnebago).

Posted On: 08-21-05
www.public-record.com now has DUIs, Suspended Revoked Licenses, Criminal Felony & Misdemeanors for Dekalb, Dupage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Illinois counties are available online now.

Posted On: 08-06-05
political.public-record.com site now has Mortgages and Real Estate for Champaign, St Clair, Tazewell, Madison, Winnebago, Peoria and Rock Island counties available online.

Posted On: 07-23-05
Bankruptcies for Boone, Lasalle, Lee and Ogle counties are available online.

Posted On: 07-23-05
political.public-record.com site now has DeKalb Business Licenses available online.

Posted On: 06-27-05
Cook, Dupage, Lake and Will County foreclosure data now has direct links to Assessment information. Coming soon and Kane and Kendall!

Posted On: 06-27-05
Foreclosures now has the ability to show comparison real estate prices for property on that same street along with indicating if the person who is in foreclosure has filed for bankruptcy