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== The Table Can Help You Decide Which Records to Search ==
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*In column 2 are the types of records that will likely have the information you need. Each record type is linked to additional information about the record you should search.
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*More records that may also be useful are listed in column 3.
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[[Category:Record Finder]]
See also [[Latter-day Saint Record Finder]]<br><br>


[[Category:Record Finder]]
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| '''1. If you need'''
| '''2. Look First in'''
| '''3. Then Search'''
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| Baptism date
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[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
 
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[[LDS Priesthood Records|Priesthood Records]]<br>[[LDS Missionaries|Missionaries]]<br>[[LDS Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 
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| Biographical sketches
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[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Obituaries|Obituaries]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
 
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[[LDS History|History]]<br>[[LDS Priesthood Records|Priesthood Records]]<br><br>
 
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| Birth date and place
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[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Priesthood Records|Priesthood Records]]<br>Missionaries
 
| Patriarchal Blessings<br>Military Records<br>Census<br>Temple Records
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| Children
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Census<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>Obituaries
 
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[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br><br>


== Record Finder Table for Utah ==
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The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
| Crossing the ocean and<br>crossing the plains
=== Order of Records ===
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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.
Emigration and Immigration<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>Obituaries<br><br>


== List of Topics ==
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This Record Finder table links to the Utah topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>Periodicals<br>Colonization<br>History<br>Newspapers


===Vital Events ===
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| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
Vital Records<br>[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>Obituaries<br>Newspapers
 
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[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>History<br>Periodicals<br>Emigration and Immigration
 
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| Divorce
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[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]
 
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[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>Obituaries
 
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| Emigration information
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Emigration and Immigration<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
 
| Colonization<br>Obituaries<br>Periodicals
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Family history or genealogy
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*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>Temple Records
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
 
*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| History<br>Military Records<br>For Further Reading
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Utah Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Historical background
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| History<br>Historical Geography
*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Periodicals<br><br>
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Utah Census|Census]]
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Utah Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Utah Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Living relatives
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*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>Obituaries
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| Census<br>Newspapers<br><br>
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Maps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Historical Geography<br><br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Colonization<br>History
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| align="left" | Maiden name
| Marriage information
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| Vital Records<br>Membership Records<br>Temple Records<br><br>
*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|  
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>Obituaries<br>Newspapers
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 
*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
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*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Missionary service
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*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
Missionaries<br>Membership Records<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
 
*[[Utah Census|Census]]
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*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
Obituaries<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>History
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 
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*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| align="left" | Living relatives
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
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*[[Utah Directories|Directories]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>Obituaries<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Utah Court Records|Court Records]]
 
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Newspapers<br>Military Records<br><br>
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*[[Utah Census|Census]]
| Parents
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
|  
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]
[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>Temple Records<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
| Missionaries<br>Patriarchal Blessings<br><br><br>
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Patriarchal blessings
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Patriarchal Blessings<br><br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
 
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| align="left" | Immigration date
| Photographs
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*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Utah Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
 
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]  
| History<br><br>
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*[[Utah Census|Census]]
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
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| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Physical description
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*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Utah Census|Census]]
*[[Utah Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]
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=== Residences and Locations ===
| Military Records<br><br>
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Historical Geography<br>Colonization<br>History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Archives and Libraries<br><br><br>
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| align="left" | Residence
| Places of residence
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*[[Utah Census|Census]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>Membership Records<br>Directories<br>Census
*[[Utah Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Utah Directories|Directories]]
*[[Utah Taxation|Taxation]]
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*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Utah Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
| Obituaries<br>Priesthood Records<br>Colonization<br>Missionaries
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Previous research
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>Temple Records<br><br>
 
|  
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>History<br>Periodicals
 
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| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Priesthood ordinations
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*[[Utah Census|Census]]
[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>Priesthood Records<br>Temple Records
*[[African American Record Finder]]
 
*[[African American Resources for Utah|African Americans]]
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*[[Indigenous Peoples of Utah|Indigenous Peoples]]
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br><br>
*[[Utah Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Utah Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Utah Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]


|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries<br>Periodicals
*[[Utah Census|Census]]
| For Further Reading<br><br>
*[[Utah Directories|Directories]]
*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Utah Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
|-
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| align="left" | Religion
| Spouses
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Utah Church Records|Church Records]]
Membership Records<br>Temple Records<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]  
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Utah Bible Records|Bible Records]]
[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]<br>Obituaries<br>Military Records
*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
 
|-
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| align="left" | Social activities
| Temple ordinances
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]  
Temple Records<br>[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Utah Newspapers|Newspapers]]
 
*[[Utah Societies|Societies]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br><br><br>
*[[Utah Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 
*[[Utah Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Utah Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Utah Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Wards/branches attended
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Utah Military Records|Military Records]]
[[LDS Membership Records|Membership Records]]<br>Directories<br>Census<br>[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]
*[[Utah Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Utah Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Utah Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Utah Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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=== Adoption ===
| Priesthood Records<br>Missionaries<br>Historical Geography<br>History
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
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| Ward/branch boundaries
| Historical Geography<br>History<br>Colonization
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[[LDS Biographies|Biography]]<br>[[LDS Genealogy|Genealogy]]


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[[Category:Utah Research Strategies|Record Finder]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Utah|Record Selection Table]]

Revision as of 16:28, 12 December 2009

The Table Can Help You Decide Which Records to Search[edit | edit source]

THIS IS A DRAFT, COPIED FROM ANOTHER PAGE. EDITS ARE IN PROGRESS...

  • In column 1 find your research goal.
  • In column 2 are the types of records that will likely have the information you need. Each record type is linked to additional information about the record you should search.
  • More records that may also be useful are listed in column 3.
1. If you need 2. Look First in 3. Then Search
Baptism date

Membership Records
Genealogy
Biography

Priesthood Records
Missionaries
Obituaries

Biographical sketches

Biography
Obituaries
Genealogy

History
Priesthood Records

Birth date and place

Membership Records
Biography
Priesthood Records
Missionaries

Patriarchal Blessings
Military Records
Census
Temple Records
Children

Census
Genealogy
Obituaries

Membership Records
Biography

Crossing the ocean and
crossing the plains

Emigration and Immigration
Biography
Genealogy
Obituaries

Membership Records
Periodicals
Colonization
History
Newspapers

Death information

Vital Records
Membership Records
Obituaries
Newspapers

Biography
History
Periodicals
Emigration and Immigration

Divorce

Genealogy
Membership Records

Biography
Obituaries

Emigration information

Emigration and Immigration
Genealogy
Biography

Colonization
Obituaries
Periodicals
Family history or genealogy

Genealogy
Biography
Temple Records

History
Military Records
For Further Reading
Historical background History
Historical Geography
Periodicals

Living relatives

Genealogy
Biography
Obituaries

Census
Newspapers

Maps Historical Geography

Colonization
History
Marriage information Vital Records
Membership Records
Temple Records

Biography
Genealogy
Obituaries
Newspapers

Missionary service

Missionaries
Membership Records
Biography

Obituaries
Genealogy
History

Occupations

Biography
Obituaries
Genealogy

Newspapers
Military Records

Parents

Genealogy
Membership Records
Temple Records
Biography

Missionaries
Patriarchal Blessings


Patriarchal blessings Patriarchal Blessings

Biography
Genealogy

Photographs

Biography
Genealogy

History

Physical description

Biography
Genealogy

Military Records

Place-finding aids Historical Geography
Colonization
History
Archives and Libraries


Places of residence

Biography
Membership Records
Directories
Census

Obituaries
Priesthood Records
Colonization
Missionaries
Previous research

Genealogy
Temple Records

Biography
History
Periodicals

Priesthood ordinations

Membership Records
Priesthood Records
Temple Records

Biography
Genealogy

Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries
Periodicals
For Further Reading

Spouses

Membership Records
Temple Records
Biography

Genealogy
Obituaries
Military Records

Temple ordinances

Temple Records
Membership Records
Genealogy

Biography


Wards/branches attended

Membership Records
Directories
Census
Biography

Priesthood Records
Missionaries
Historical Geography
History
Ward/branch boundaries Historical Geography
History
Colonization

Biography
Genealogy