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 These forms are designed to help you quickly analyze and organize your documents. They can become a personal index for your family records.
-== Search Strategies  ==
-Effective use of church records includes the following strategies, used in this order:
-*Search only for the ancestor you select. When you find his or her baptismal record, search for the baptisms of his or her brothers and sisters.
-*Search for the marriage of the person’s parents prior to the birth of their first legitimate child. The marriage record will often lead to the parents’ baptismal records.
-*You can estimate the parents’ ages or try to find their ages from a death record and then search for their baptismal records.
-*Repeat the process for both the father and the mother.
-*If earlier generations (parents, grandparents, etc.) do not appear in the records, search neighboring parishes.
-*Search the death registers for all known family members.
 ==Additional Resources==
 *[[Reading Aid for Brazilian Birth Certificates]]