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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Add any new information to your records | |||
*Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date | *Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date | ||
*Use the age and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church and land records | *Use the age and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church and land records | ||
*Continue to search the index and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have served in the same unit or a nearby unit | *Continue to search the index and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have served in the same unit or a nearby unit | ||
*When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct | *When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct | ||
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*There may be more than one person in the records with the same name | *There may be more than one person in the records with the same name |