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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the realationship of the informant to the subjects(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time ofthe event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | |||
*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record family births, marriages and deaths. | |||
*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct realative. | |||
*If the survival of a baby was in question, the birth may not have been recorded. If the child survived search for a delayed birth cetificate. | |||
*Search for Vital Records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records. '''Search for California to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by that county. | |||
== Analyzing Records == | == Analyzing Records == | ||