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*Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records
*Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death 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
*[[United States Church Records| Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
*[[United States Church Records| Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900


=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===   
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===   
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