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''[[Denmark|Denmark]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'''''City Research Strategy''' | ''[[Denmark|Denmark]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'''''City Research Strategy''' | ||
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== Step 1: What do I know? == | == Step 1: What do I know? == | ||
The first step in finding | The first step in finding an ancestor in one of Denmark's cities is to determine what you already know. Before beginning research, ask yourself the following questions: | ||
# | #What information do I have? How accurate is that information? | ||
#Are there any living relatives that would already have the information? | #Are there any living relatives that would already have the information? | ||
#Are there secondary sources (such as online [[Family Trees: An Online Research Tool|Family Trees]] and [[Denmark: Biographies|Biographies]]) that would have the information? What have others found? | #Are there secondary sources (such as online [[Family Trees: An Online Research Tool|Family Trees]] and [[Denmark: Biographies|Biographies]]) that would have the information? What have others found? | ||
Whatever information you find, make sure to document where you found that information. Also, make sure to determine whether the information found is merely family hearsay or if it came from original records. | |||
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== Step 2: Strategies and suggestions for finding death information == | == Step 2: Strategies and suggestions for finding death information == | ||
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== Step 3: What records can I search to find death information?<br> == | == Step 3: What records can I search to find death information?<br> == | ||