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**See address lists in above chart for each denomination. | **See address lists in above chart for each denomination. | ||
==Information Found in the Records== | |||
To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type: | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in Canadian Church Records?#Baptisms or Christenings|Baptisms or Christenings]] | |||
*[[What Can I Find in Canadian Church Records?#Marriages|Marriages]] | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in Canadian Church Records?#Funerals or Burials|Funerals or Burials]] | |||
*[[What Can I Find in Canadian Church Records?#Membership Lists|Membership Lists]] | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in Canadian Church Records?#Minutes or Historical Narrative|Minutes or Historical Narrative]] | |||
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==Carefully compare any record you find to known facts about the ancestor== | ==Carefully compare any record you find to known facts about the ancestor== | ||
You will possibly find many different people with the '''same name as your ancestor,''' especially when a family stayed in a locality for several generations, and several children were named after the '''grandparents or aunts and uncles'''. Be prepared to find the correct church records by organizing in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor '''as possible''': | You will possibly find many different people with the '''same name as your ancestor,''' especially when a family stayed in a locality for several generations, and several children were named after the '''grandparents or aunts and uncles'''. Be prepared to find the correct church records by organizing in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor '''as possible''': | ||