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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
== Record Finder Table for Yorkshire ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Yorkshire topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.
===Vital Events ===
{| style=width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''2. Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''3. Other useful records'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries, [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
| Birthplace
|
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
*Obituaries
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility (England)]]
*[[Yorkshire Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Societies|Societies]]
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration (England)]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration (England)]]
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
 
==Links to Instructions and Records by County==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each county and parish:'''
|}
 
{|
|-
|-
| Place of foreign birth (not England)
|style="padding-right:50px"|
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]]
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
 
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
| [[England Maps|Maps]], [[England History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| Death information
|[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire County]]
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]], Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
|[[Bedfordshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]], [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Emigration information
|[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire County]]
| See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
|[[Berkshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]
 
|-
|-
| Historical background
|[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire County]]
| [[England History|History]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
|[[Buckinghamshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Church History|Church History]]
 
|-
|-
| Language helps
|[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire County]]
| [[England Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
|[[Cambridgeshire  Parishes]]
| —
 
|-
|-
| Living relatives
|[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire County]]
| [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
|[[Cheshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 
|-
|-
| Maiden name
|[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall County]]
| [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
|[[Cornwall  Parishes]]
| Obituaries, [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
|-
|-
| Marriage information
|[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland County]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
|[[Cumberland  Parishes]]
| [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
|-
|-
| Naming customs
|[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire County]]
| [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
|[[Derbyshire  Parishes]]
| —
 
|-
|-
| Noble families
|[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon County]]
| [[England Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[England Nobility|Nobility]]  
|[[Devon  Parishes]]
| —
 
|-
|-
| Occupation
|[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset County]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]], [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
|[[Dorset  Parishes]]
| [[England Court Records|Court Records]], Obituaries, Officials and Employees, [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
 
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
|[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham County]]
| [[England Census|Census]], Obituaries, [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
|[[Durham  Parishes]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
|-
|-
| Physical description
|[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex County]]
| [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]]  
|[[Essex  Parishes]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
|[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire County]]
| [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Maps|Maps]]  
|[[Gloucestershire  Parishes]]
| [[England History|History]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]], [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 
|-
|-
| Places of residence
|[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire County]]
| [[England Census|Census]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Directories|Directories]]  
|[[Hampshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
 
|-
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the county
|[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire County]]
| [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Census|Census]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
|[[Herefordshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
 
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
|[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire County]]
| [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Societies|Societies]]  
|[[Hertfordshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
|[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire County]]
| [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
|[[Huntingdonshire  Parishes]]
| [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
 
|-
|-
| Religion
|[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent County]]
| [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Biography|Biography]], Obituaries, [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
|[[Kent  Parishes]]
| [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England History|History]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
 
|-
|-
| Social activities
|[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire County]]
| Social Life and Customs, [[England History|History]]
|[[Lancashire  Parishes]]
| [[England Societies|Societies]]
|}


|-
|[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire County]]
|[[Leicestershire  Parishes]]


|}
|
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|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
|-
|[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire County]]
|[[Lincolnshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[London, England Genealogy|London County]]
|[[London Parishes]]
|-
|[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex County]]
|[[Middlesex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk County]]
|[[Norfolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire County]]
|[[Northamptonshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland County]]
|[[Northumberland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire County]]
|[[Nottinghamshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire County]]
|[[Oxfordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland County]]
|[[Rutland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire County]]
|[[Shropshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset County]]
|[[Somerset Parishes]]
|-
|[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire County]]
|[[Staffordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk County]]
|[[Suffolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey County]]
|[[Surrey Parishes]]
|-
|[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex County]]
|[[Sussex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire County]]
|[[Warwickshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland County]]
|[[Westmorland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire County]]
|[[Wiltshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire County]]
|[[Worcestershire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire County]]
|[[Yorkshire Parishes]]
|}
|}
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