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Key indexes and databases to original record sources to search can be found in the following record sources (clue: first search for "indexes" to each record-type; i.e. just about all 50 states and most Canadian Provinces now have some indexes available online. And nearly all have at least manuscript indexes to most of the following record-types!): | Key indexes and databases to original record sources to search can be found in the following record sources (clue: first search for "indexes" to each record-type; i.e. just about all 50 states and most Canadian Provinces now have some indexes available online. And nearly all have at least manuscript indexes to most of the following record-types!): | ||
* vital (esp. death & marriage certificates; sometimes birth; i.e. see wiki.familysearch.org or fhlfavorites.org --see US/Can/ UK , etc.) | |||
* church (see fhlfavorites, familysearch.org--search IGI and/or its FHLC [online catalog] | |||
* obituaries (see fhlfavorites under i.e. USA) | |||
* passenger lists (10% or less give specific birthplace; ancestry.com has largest database of immigrants) | |||
* census (FindMyPast.com, Ancestry.com) | |||
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Other "indexed" original records may include: | * Other "indexed" original records may include: | ||
* naturalization (FHLC, Naturalization Indexes--USA | |||
* tombstones | |||
* local (county & county) histories | |||
* military | |||
* deeds | |||
=== Step 4: Search in indexes (and in the original record) sources in the country of origin === | === Step 4: Search in indexes (and in the original record) sources in the country of origin === | ||