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*The church denomination you ancestor attended did not keep records. | *The church denomination you ancestor attended did not keep records. | ||
*The church your ancestor attended closed and the records were transferred to another local church of the same denomination or the denomination's central archives. | *The church your ancestor attended closed and the records were transferred to another local church of the same denomination or the denomination's central archives. | ||
*The minister of your ancestor may have been a circuit rider (itinerate preacher). Sometimes the | *The minister of your ancestor may have been a circuit rider (itinerate preacher). Sometimes the preacher's records are preserved in the denomination's central archives or he may have left the records with one of the parishes he serviced. Sometimes a pastor took the records to the next church. To locate the records, find out where the pastor died and contact libraries and societies in the area to see if they have the records. | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||