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This table can help you decide which [[England Genealogy|England]] records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.
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Step 1. '''In column 1''' select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?


== Record Finder Table for Yorkshire ==
Step 2. '''In column 2''' find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
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 ==
:*Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.
This Record Finder table links to the Yorkshire topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 3. '''In column 3''' find additional record types that may be useful.
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:*Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
{| style=width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="vertical-align:top; width:20%;"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''2. Try these records first:'''
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"| '''3. Other useful records'''
*[[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
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
|
| align="left" | Birth date
*Obituaries
| align="left" | [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
| align="left" | [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[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
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[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:'''
| align="left" | Place of foreign birth (not England)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Parish, district, and county boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[England Maps|Maps]], [[England History|History]]
*[[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
| 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]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]], [[England Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[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
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England History|History]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | [[England Church History|Church History]]
*[[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  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | See research outline for country to which ancestor immigrated  
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| align="left" | [[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[England Church Records|Church 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" | 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]]
*[[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" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[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 Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]  
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[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  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Census|Census]], [[England Directories|Directories]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[England Occupations|Occupations]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[England Court Records|Court Records]], [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England Officials and Employees|Officials and Employees]], [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[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
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[England Census|Census]], [[England Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| 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  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[England Military Records|Military Records]], [[England Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
| align="left" | [[England Church Records|Church Records]], [[England Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| 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:'''
|}
 
{|
|-
|-
|style="padding-right:50px"|
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
| 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]]
|-
|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
| align="left" | Places of residence
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
| 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]]
|-
|-
|[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire County]]
| align="left" | Place of residence when you know only the county
|[[Bedfordshire  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]]
|-
|-
|[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire County]]
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
|[[Berkshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Biography|Biography]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[England Societies|Societies]]  
 
| align="left" | [[England Nobility|Nobility]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
|[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire County]]
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
|[[Buckinghamshire  Parishes]]
| align="left" | [[England Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[England Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
 
| align="left" | [[England Societies|Societies]], [[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
|[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire County]]
| align="left" | Religion
|[[Cambridgeshire  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]]
|-
|}
|[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire County]]
|[[Cheshire  Parishes]]


|-
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
|[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall County]]
|[[Cornwall  Parishes]]


|-
[[England Cornwall Church of England Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|England Cornwall Church of England Parish Registers (FamilySearch Hisstorical Records)]]  
|[[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]]
|-
|[[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]]
|}
|}
{{Place|England}}  
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[[Category:England Research Guidance|Record Selection Table]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 11:42, 1 April 2016

England Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
England Background
Local Research Resources

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

Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

  • Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

  • Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.
1. What you are looking for: 2. Try these records first: 3. Other useful records
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, Cemeteries 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, Occupations, Probate Records Court Records, Obituaries, Officials and Employees, Military Records, Taxation
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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

England Cornwall Church of England Parish Registers (FamilySearch Hisstorical Records)

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