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== Record Finder Table for England ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the England topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
===Vital Events ===
 
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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
 
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
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|-
|-
| align="left" width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
| Birthplace
|
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
*Obituaries
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Scotland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Church History|Church History]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Scotland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[England Directories|Directories]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]],
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Scotland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| —
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Scotland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| —
*[[England Census|Census]]
|-
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| Occupations
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Scotland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]; [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Directories|Directories]]  
|-
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| Parents, children, and other family members
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Schools|Schools]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
 
|-
|}
| Physical description
 
| [[Scotland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Scotland Court Records|Court Records]]  
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Scotland Occupations|Occupations]]
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Scotland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Scotland Maps|Maps]]
| [[Scotland Directories|Directories]], [[Scotland History|History]], [[Scotland Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| align="left" | Noble families
| [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Scotland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Scotland Taxation|Taxation]], [[Scotland Census|Census]],
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Scotland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[England Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Scotland Biography|Biography]], [[Scotland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Scotland Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Scotland Census|Census]], [[Scotland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Scotland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Scotland History|History]]
*Social Customs and Activities
*[[England Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Social activities 
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social Life and Customs, [[Scotland History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Scotland Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}


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