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Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]]. | Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]]. | ||
== What Do I Do Next? | |||
==What Do I Do Next?== | |||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | |||
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records | |||
*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate other church and land records | |||
*Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military record | |||
*Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family | |||
*Compile information for every person who has the same surname as your ancestor; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual | |||
*Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify | |||
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? === | |||
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. See [[Uruguay Civil Registration|Uruguay Civil Registration]] for further information. You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not | |||
*There may be more than one person with the same name | |||
*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name. Click here for a list of [http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/en/FamilySearch/Handwriting/Spanish/Lesson2/SpanishNameAbbreviations.pdf Spanish name abbreviations] | |||
*Even though this is an index there may still be inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned | |||
*A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring area. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions | |||
*Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration records | |||
=== Research Helps === | === Research Helps === | ||
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in [[Uruguay Genealogy|Uruguay]]. | The following articles will help you in your research for your family in [[Uruguay Genealogy|Uruguay]]. | ||