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== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members. 


=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Use the age or estimated birth date to find county or [[Washington Vital Records]] such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  
*Use the age or estimated birth date to find other records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  
*Use the names and tribe to search Indian censuses such as the [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/campbells-abstract-of-creek-indian-census-cards.htm Creek Indian Census Cards] and the ]http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indian-census-records.htm Indian Census Records Online].
*Use the names and tribe to search Indian censuses such as the [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/campbells-abstract-of-creek-indian-census-cards.htm Creek Indian Census Cards] and the ]http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/indian-census-records.htm Indian Census Records Online].
*Use birth, marriage or death dates and places to search for tribal or government vital records or certificates  
*Use birth, marriage or death dates and places to search for tribal or government vital records or certificates  
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*Use the information found in the record to find [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/native-american-land-patents.htm Land Patents].
*Use the information found in the record to find [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/native-american-land-patents.htm Land Patents].
*Search for death or burial information in Indian Cemeteries in [http://www.mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/stevens/indian/indian.htm Chewelah, Stevens County], [http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/wellpinit.htm Wellpinit Presbyterian Cemetery in Stevens County], and [http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/hubert.htm Hubert Cemetery in Ford, Stevens County].
*Search for death or burial information in Indian Cemeteries in [http://www.mrail.net/data/cemete/wash/stevens/indian/indian.htm Chewelah, Stevens County], [http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/wellpinit.htm Wellpinit Presbyterian Cemetery in Stevens County], and [http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/stevens/hubert.htm Hubert Cemetery in Ford, Stevens County].
*Use the names, dates and religious affiliation to search for [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]].
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.


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*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality.
*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality.
*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well. 
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names.
*Check the infobox above for additional FamilySearch websites and related websites that may assist you in finding similar records.
 


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