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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.


== List of Topics ==
{| width="100%"  
This Record Finder table links to the Yorkshire topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
|-  
 
! align="left" | 1. If You Need
===Vital Events ===
! align="left" | 2. Search These Record Types First
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
! align="left" | 3. Search These Record Types Next
|-
| 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)]]
|-  
|-  
|}
| align="left" | Age
 
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]]
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| align="left" | [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[England  Obituaries| Obituaries]], [[England  Military Records| Military Records]]
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|- 
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Military Records| Military Records]], [[England  Occupations| Occupations]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Occupations| Occupations]], [[England  Military Records| Military 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.
 
|-  
|-  
|}
| align="left" | Place of foreign birth (not England)
 
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Census| Census]]
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
| align="left" | [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England  Military Records| Military Records]]
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Parish, district, and county boundaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[England Maps|Maps]], [[England  History| History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]], [[England  Obituaries| Obituaries]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| align="left" | [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England  Court Records| Court Records]], [[England  Land and Property| Land and Property]], [[England  Military Records | Military Records ]]
| 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
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England History|History]], [[England Genealogy| Genealogy]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[England Church History|Church History]]
*[[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:'''
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | See research outline for country to which ancestor immigrated
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Periodicals| Periodicals]]
*[[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" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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:'''
|}
 
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|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
 
|-
|[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire County]]
|[[Bedfordshire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire County]]
|[[Berkshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire County]]
|[[Buckinghamshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire County]]
|[[Cambridgeshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire County]]
|[[Cheshire  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[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]]
| align="left" | Maiden name
|[[Leicestershire Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records| Church Records]]
 
| align="left" | [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Cemeteries| Cemeteries]]
|}
|
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
|-
|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
| align="left" | Marriage
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]], [[England  Genealogy| Genealogy]], [[England  Periodicals| Periodicals]]
| align="left" | [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England  Biography| Biography]], [[England  Nobility| Nobility]], [[England  Cemeteries| Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
|[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire County]]
| align="left" | Occupation
|[[Lincolnshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Census| Census]], [[England  Directories| Directories]], [[England Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[England Court Records|Court Records]], [[England  Obituaries| Obituaries]], [[England  Officials and Employees| Officials and Employees]], [[England  Military Records| Military Records]]
|-
|-
|[[London, England Genealogy|London County]]
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
|[[London Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England Obituaries| Obituaries]], [[England  Probate Records| Probate Records]],
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
|-
|-
|[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex County]]
| align="left" | Physical description
|[[Middlesex Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Court Records| Court Records]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Newspapers| Newspapers]], [[England  Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
|-
|-
|[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk County]]
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
|[[Norfolk Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[England Directories| Directories]], [[England  Maps| Maps]]
| align="left" | [[England History|History]], [[England  Taxation| Taxation]], [[England  Land and Property| Land and Property]], [[England  Periodicals| Periodicals]]
|-
|-
|[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire County]]
| align="left" | Places of residence
|[[Northamptonshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England  Church Records| Church Records]], [[England Directories| Directories]]  
| align="left" | [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England  Probate Records| Probate Records]], [[England  Taxation| Taxation]]
|-
|-
|[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland County]]
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
|[[Northumberland Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England  Census| Census]], [[England  Probate Records| Probate Records]], [[England Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England  Taxation| Taxation]]
|-
|-
|[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire County]]  
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
|[[Nottinghamshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Genealogy| Genealogy]], [[England  Societies| Societies]]
| align="left" | [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England  Periodicals| Periodicals]]
|-
|-
|[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire County]]
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
|[[Oxfordshire Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[England Genealogy| Genealogy]]
| align="left" | [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England  Periodicals| Periodicals]]
|-
|-
|[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland County]]
| align="left" | Religion
|[[Rutland Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Biography| Biography]], [[England Obituaries| Obituaries]], [[England Civil Registration| Civil Registration]]
|-
| align="left" | [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[England Genealogy| Genealogy]], [[England History| History]], [[England Probate Records| Probate Records]]
|[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire County]]
|[[Shropshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset County]]
|[[Somerset Parishes]]
|-
|[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire County]]
|[[Staffordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk County]]
|[[Suffolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey County]]
|[[Surrey Parishes]]
|-
|[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex County]]
|[[Sussex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire County]]
|[[Warwickshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland County]]
|[[Westmorland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire County]]
|[[Wiltshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire County]]
|[[Worcestershire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire County]]
|[[Yorkshire Parishes]]
|}
|}
|}
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Revision as of 14:02, 31 July 2009

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.

  • 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.


1. If You Need 2. Search These Record Types First 3. Search These Record Types Next
Age Census, Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Obituaries, Military Records
Birth date Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations
Birthplace Census, Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Occupations, Military Records
Place of foreign birth (not England) Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Parish, district, and county boundaries Gazetteers Maps, History
Death Civil Registration, Church Records, Obituaries, Newspapers Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records
Historical background History, Genealogy Church History
Immigration date See research outline for country to which ancestor immigrated Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
Living relatives Directories, Civil Registration Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Marriage Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy, Periodicals Newspapers, Biography, Nobility, Cemeteries
Occupation Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration Court Records, Obituaries, Officials and Employees, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members Census, Obituaries, Probate Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
Physical description Military Records, Court Records Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Directories, Maps History, Taxation, Land and Property, Periodicals
Places of residence Census, Church Records, Directories Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation
Place of residence when you know only the county Directories, Census, Probate Records, Civil Registration Church Records, Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Biography, Genealogy, Societies Nobility, Periodicals
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Genealogy Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church Records, Biography, Obituaries, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Probate Records
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