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'''Before concluding that something is not in the FamilySearch Catalog''', try the following strategies: | '''Before concluding that something is not in the FamilySearch Catalog''', try the following strategies: | ||
*Search under another jurisdiction in a Places Search. For example, if there are no results for your topic on the county level, try searching again under the town, state, or national jurisdiction levels, or in neighboring counties and towns. If your ancestor lived in Cleveland, Ohio, you would make a place search for Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and Ohio.<br> | |||
*Look again in Surnames Search for [[Guessing a Name Variation|variations of the family name]].<br> | *Look again in Surnames Search for [[Guessing a Name Variation|variations of the family name]].<br> | ||
*Try a variety of searches. Use a Keywords Search, Subjects Search, Authors Search, or Titles Search. | *Try a variety of searches. Use a Keywords Search, Subjects Search, Authors Search, or Titles Search. | ||
*Try again later. FamilySearch is constantly acquiring new materials. | *Try again later. FamilySearch is constantly acquiring new materials. | ||
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If a repository's catalog is not online, try contacting them by phone or mail to learn if they have records about an ancestor. For a directory of U.S. historical genealogical societies see http://[http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html]. | If a repository's catalog is not online, try contacting them by phone or mail to learn if they have records about an ancestor. For a directory of U.S. historical genealogical societies see http://[http://www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html www.obitlinkspage.com/hs/index.html]. | ||
<br> '''Search the Internet.''' Many records are being digitized and put on the Internet. In FamilySearch's '''[https://familysearch.org/search Historical Records Collections]''' you will find billions of names across hundreds of [[Family History Library]] collections including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, Ancestral File, and the International Genealogical Index. Also, search engines like [http://www.google.com/ Google], or [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo] can help locate many other historical sources available on the Internet. | <br> '''Search the Internet.''' Many records are being digitized and put on the Internet. In FamilySearch's '''[https://familysearch.org/search Historical Records Collections]''' you will find billions of names across hundreds of [[Family History Library]] collections including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, Ancestral File, and the International Genealogical Index. Also, search engines like [http://www.google.com/ Google], or [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo] can help locate many other historical sources available on the Internet. | ||
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