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+== How to Use the Records ==
+Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.
+Use the locator information found in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestors in the records. Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination.
+When you have located your ancestor’s in the records, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. For example:
+• Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
+• Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
+• Occupations listed can lead you to employment records or other types of records such as military records.
+• Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
+• Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname as the child being baptized, the bride or the groom, this is especially helpful if the surname is unusual.
+• Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
+• When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
+<br>Keep in mind:
+• Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1900.
+• There is also some variation in the information given from one marriage record to another record.
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