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 === 3. '''Searching Compiled sources or INDEXES in the host country of settlement'''  ===
-Top Records to search for “place of origin” (Clue: search for indexes to each record-type, first; i.e. all 50 states now have online indexes to most of the following record-types!)
+Top indexes to original record sources to search can be found in the followingrecord sources (clue: ''first ''search for "indexes" to each record-type; i.e. just about all 50 states and most Canadian Provinces now have some indexes available online.&nbsp;And nearly all have at least manuscript indexes to most of the following record-types!)''':'''
  vital (esp. death &amp; marriage certificates; sometimes birth)
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  obituaries
+ passenger lists (~10%)
+ census
+Other "indexed" original records may include''':'''
  naturalization
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  local (county &amp; county) histories
- passenger lists (~10%)
- interview family &amp; neighbors
  military
- census
  deeds