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Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person? <br>  
Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person? <br>  


Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table below. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.
Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table below. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.  
* In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
 
* In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
*In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
*In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.


Step 3. Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. <br>  
Step 3. Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. <br>  
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Step 4. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog and choose a specific record to search. <br>  
Step 4. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog and choose a specific record to search. <br>  


Step 5. Search the records. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records. <br>
Step 5. Search the records. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records. <br>  
 
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| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records  
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| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, School Records
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| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Cemeteries, Obituaries
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations,[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Naturalization and Citizenship, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries
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| align="left" | Birthplace  
| align="left" | Birthplace  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, Convict Records, Cemeteries
| align="left" | Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration  
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| align="left" | Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, School Records, Court Records
| align="left" | Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, School Records, Court Records
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| align="left" | Convict Records  
| align="left" | Convict Records  
| align="left" | Convict Records, Correctional Institutions, Emigration and Immigration, Census, Public Records  
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Census|Census]], Public Records  
| align="left" | Court Records
| align="left" | Court Records
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| align="left" | Death  
| align="left" | Death  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Obituaries  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Newspapers, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries  
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records, Medical Records
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Medical Records
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| align="left" | Divorce  
| align="left" | Divorce  
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| align="left" | Family members  
| align="left" | Family members  
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Biography, Genealogy, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records  
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Biography, Census, Medical Records, School Records
| align="left" | Biography,[[Australia Census|Census]], Medical Records, School Records
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| align="left" | Living relatives  
| align="left" | Directories, Civil Registration  
| align="left" | Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Convict Records  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
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| align="left" | Marriage  
| align="left" | Marriage  
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Convict Records  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, Cemeteries, Court Records, Convict Records
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Court Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
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| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records, Convict Records  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Occupations, Probate Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Court records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries, School Records
| align="left" | Court records, Newspapers, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Obituaries, School Records
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| align="left" | Parents  
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Biography, Genealogy, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
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| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records  
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography
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| align="left" | Place of residence  
| align="left" | Place of residence  
| align="left" | Convict Records, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Voting Registers  
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Voting Registers  
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Newspapers, Taxation
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Newspapers, Taxation
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| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Church records, Biography, Civil Registration  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church records]], Biography, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
| align="left" | [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
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| align="left" | Town, district, and state origins and boundaries  
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[[Category:Australia]]   [[Category:Record Selection Tables]]
[[Category:Australia]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
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