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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 | 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 the name[s] of ancestors to find them in these sources: | |||
civil Registration | |||
city/county directories | |||
church records | |||
newspapers | |||
census | |||
wills | |||
military | |||
church records | |||
marriage indexes | |||
society: member interests | |||
county surname collections |
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