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*[[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]] | *[[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]] | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
==== Tip 1. How do I find the year and place of a marriage? ==== | ==== Tip 1. How do I find the year and place of a marriage? ==== | ||
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For other ideas on locating your ancestor, see [[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]]. | For other ideas on locating your ancestor, see [[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]]. | ||
If you are not sure a person you found is your ancestor, see How to Recognize Your Ancestor in Canada. | If you are not sure a person you found is your ancestor, see How to Recognize Your Ancestor in Canada. | ||
==== Tip 2. Search Death-related records first ==== | ==== Tip 2. Search Death-related records first ==== | ||
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*Death records exist for many persons born before birth and marriage records began. Death records may contain birth and marriage information not available anywhere else. | *Death records exist for many persons born before birth and marriage records began. Death records may contain birth and marriage information not available anywhere else. | ||
=== Tip 3. How do I find my ancestor's record if they were not in an index? === | ==== Tip 3. How do I find my ancestor's record if they were not in an index? ==== | ||
Not all early records were indexed. You may need to search registers that are available page by page. | Not all early records were indexed. You may need to search registers that are available page by page. | ||
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If you find a marriage in the district or county registers, see if you can find it in the church records as well. There may be new information. | If you find a marriage in the district or county registers, see if you can find it in the church records as well. There may be new information. | ||
At certain periods of the history of a Province, only certain denominations were allowed to perform marriages. In many cases individuals were married by a priest or minister of a religion other than their own. | At certain periods of the history of a Province, only certain denominations were allowed to perform marriages. In many cases individuals were married by a priest or minister of a religion other than their own. | ||
=== Tip 4. Why can't I find a vital record? === | ==== Tip 4. Why can't I find a vital record? ==== | ||
Some possible reasons are: | Some possible reasons are: | ||
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Try searching for known and possible family members, such as brothers and sisters, in the marriage records. The more family members you search for, the more likely you are to find one of them in the records. | Try searching for known and possible family members, such as brothers and sisters, in the marriage records. The more family members you search for, the more likely you are to find one of them in the records. | ||
For other possibilities, see How To Recognize Your Ancestor and How to Locate Your Ancestor. | For other possibilities, see How To Recognize Your Ancestor and How to Locate Your Ancestor. | ||
===Tip 5. What should I search next? === | ==== Tip 5. What should I search next? ==== | ||
First look for marriage records of other family members, such as a spouse, brothers or sisters, parents and children. | First look for marriage records of other family members, such as a spouse, brothers or sisters, parents and children. | ||
Then search for family information in records such as: | Then search for family information in records such as: | ||
*Censuses. | *Censuses. | ||
*Church records. | *Church records. | ||