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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.
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* Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. Decide what information you would like to learn about that person. This new information is your research goal.
* Step 2. In column 1 of this table, find the goal you selected.
* Step 3. In column 2 of this table, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need; then read the sections in this outline about those types of records.
* Step 4. Look in the Family History Library Catalog and choose a specific record to search.
* Step 5. Look at the record.
* Step 6. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and search those record types. Note:Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but they are not listed unless they are especially helpful.


== Record Finder Table for Yorkshire ==
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.


{| width="100%"
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Yorkshire topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|
*Obituaries
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility (England)]]
*[[Yorkshire Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Societies|Societies]]
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*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)]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration (England)]]
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | '''2. Search These Record Types First'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | '''3. Search These Record Types Next'''
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Census, Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Obituaries, Military Records
*[[England Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
 
==Links to Instructions and Records by County==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each county and parish:'''
|}
 
{|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
|style="padding-right:50px"|
| align="left" | Census, Civil Registration, Church Records
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Occupations, Military Records
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place of foreign birth (not England)
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
| align="left" | Church Records, Census
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parish, district, and county boundaries
|[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire County]]
| align="left" | Gazetteers
|[[Bedfordshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | Maps, History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death
|[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire County]]
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries
|[[Berkshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
|[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire County]]
| align="left" | History, Genealogy
|[[Buckinghamshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | Church History
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
|[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire County]]
| align="left" | See research outline for country to which ancestor immigrated
|[[Cambridgeshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
|[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire County]]
| align="left" | Directories, Civil Registration
|[[Cheshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals
 
|-
|[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall County]]
|[[Cornwall  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland County]]
|[[Cumberland  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire County]]
|[[Derbyshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon County]]
|[[Devon  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset County]]
|[[Dorset  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham County]]
|[[Durham  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex County]]
|[[Essex  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire County]]
|[[Gloucestershire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire County]]
|[[Hampshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire County]]
|[[Herefordshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire County]]
|[[Hertfordshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire County]]
|[[Huntingdonshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent County]]
|[[Kent  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire County]]
|[[Lancashire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire County]]
|[[Leicestershire  Parishes]]
 
|}
|
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
|-
|[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire County]]
|[[Lincolnshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[London, England Genealogy|London County]]
|[[London Parishes]]
|-
|[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex County]]
|[[Middlesex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk County]]
|[[Norfolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire County]]
|[[Northamptonshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland County]]
|[[Northumberland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire County]]
|[[Nottinghamshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire County]]
|[[Oxfordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland County]]
|[[Rutland Parishes]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
|[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire County]]
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
|[[Shropshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
|[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset County]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy, Periodicals
|[[Somerset Parishes]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Nobility, Cemeteries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
|[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire County]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records
|[[Staffordshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Court Records, Obituaries, Officials and Employees, Military Records, Taxation
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
|[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk County]]
| align="left" | Census, Obituaries, Probate Records
|[[Suffolk Parishes]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
|[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey County]]
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records
|[[Surrey Parishes]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
|[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex County]]
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Directories, Maps
|[[Sussex Parishes]]
| align="left" | History, Taxation, Land and Property, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Places of residence
|[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire County]]
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, Directories
|[[Warwickshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
|[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland County]]
| align="left" | Directories, Census, Probate Records, Civil Registration
|[[Westmorland Parishes]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Taxation
|-
|-
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
|[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire County]]
| align="left" | Biography, Genealogy, Societies
|[[Wiltshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Nobility, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
|[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire County]]
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
|[[Worcestershire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Societies, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
|[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire County]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Biography, Obituaries, Civil Registration
|[[Yorkshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Probate Records<br>
|}
|}
|}
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