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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!)''':''' | 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; i.e. see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/ wiki.familysearch.org] or [http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.org] --see US/Can/ UK , etc.) | ||
church | church (see fhlfavorites, familysearch.org--search IGI and/or its FHLC [online catalog] | ||
obituaries | obituaries (see fhlfavorites under i.e. USA) | ||
passenger lists ( | passenger lists (10% or less give specific birthplace; ancestry.com has largest database of immigrants) | ||
census | census (FindMyPast.com, Ancestry.com) | ||
Other "indexed" original records may include''':''' | Other "indexed" original records may include''':''' | ||
naturalization | naturalization (FHLC, [http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html Naturalization Indexes--USA] | ||
tombstones | tombstones | ||