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 === I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For, What Now? ===
+*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]
-A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]]
+*A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]]
+*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information.
-Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. [[Venezuela Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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