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=== Step 3: '''Search compiled sources or indexes in the host country of settlement'''  ===
=== Step 3: '''Search compiled sources or indexes in the host country of settlement'''  ===


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. And nearly all have at least manuscript indexes to most of the following record-types!)''':'''  
Top indexes to original record sources to search can be found in the following record 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. And nearly all have at least manuscript indexes to most of the following record-types!)''':'''  


 vital (esp. death & marriage certificates; sometimes birth)  
 vital (esp. death & marriage certificates; sometimes birth)  
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 military  
 military  


 deeds
 deeds  
 
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=== Step 4: Search in indexes (and in the original record) sources in the country of origin  ===
 
After obtaining the exact or specific place of origin, researchers can then access the following indexed sources to England's major genealogical records and with confidence, identify&nbsp;the name[s] of ancestors to find them in these sources:
 
 civil Registration
 
 city/county directories&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;church records
 
&nbsp;newspapers
 
 census
 
 wills
 
 military
 
 church records
 
 marriage indexes&nbsp;
 
 society: member interests
 
 county surname collections
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