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=== Step 3. Search the original record. === | === Step 3. Search the original record. === | ||
If the record is a copy, the transcriber may have misread the original record. Find the original record by: | If the record is a copy, the transcriber may have misread the original record. Find the original record by: | ||
*Checking the Family History Library Catalog to see if the original record has been filmed. If so, obtain the film, and photocopy the original page in question. To search the Family History Library Catalog on the Internet, click on Search for Ancestors on this screen, select Custom Search, and click on Family History Library Catalog. | *Checking the Family History Library Catalog to see if the original record has been filmed. If so, obtain the film, and photocopy the original page in question. To search the Family History Library Catalog on the Internet, click on Search for Ancestors on this screen, select Custom Search, and click on Family History Library Catalog. | ||
*Writing to the place where the original record may be housed, such as a court house, provincial archives, or church. Ask for a photocopy of the page you need. | *Writing to the place where the original record may be housed, such as a court house, provincial archives, or church. Ask for a photocopy of the page you need. | ||
Compare the copy of the record with the original record, watching for the suggestions made in the table above. | Compare the copy of the record with the original record, watching for the suggestions made in the table above. | ||
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Look for the names of parents, children, brothers or sisters, and uncles or aunts in the index. If you find relatives in the index, view the original record to see if the person you want is mentioned in the record but was missed by the indexer. | Look for the names of parents, children, brothers or sisters, and uncles or aunts in the index. If you find relatives in the index, view the original record to see if the person you want is mentioned in the record but was missed by the indexer. | ||
For further information on this principle, see [[Your Ancestor Had A FAN Club|Your Ancestor Had A FAN Club]]. | For further information on this principle, see [[Your Ancestor Had A FAN Club|Your Ancestor Had A FAN Club]]. | ||
== Background == | |||
It is frustrating to go to an index or a record where you believe your ancestor should appear and not find the person listed. This happens for a number of reasons. | It is frustrating to go to an index or a record where you believe your ancestor should appear and not find the person listed. This happens for a number of reasons. | ||
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Many were illiterate and could not tell a record keeper how to spell their name. Others came to Canada from different countries. Either the person or a record keeper may have translated a French Canadian name into English or modified the spelling of the name in records, or the record keeper may have misunderstood the informant when he said his name. | Many were illiterate and could not tell a record keeper how to spell their name. Others came to Canada from different countries. Either the person or a record keeper may have translated a French Canadian name into English or modified the spelling of the name in records, or the record keeper may have misunderstood the informant when he said his name. | ||
All these factors explain why sometimes it is a challenge to find your ancestor in records, even when the person is there. | All these factors explain why sometimes it is a challenge to find your ancestor in records, even when the person is there. | ||
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