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'''This table can help you decide which records to search.''' | |||
:#In column 1, select a research goal. | |||
:#In column 2, view (click) the types of records most likely to have the information you need. | |||
:#In column 3, find additional types of records that may be useful. | |||
:#If you do not find the desired information, see [[Texas Search Strategies|Texas Search Strategies]] for more suggestions. | |||
{{Note|Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.}} | |||
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| '''1. If you need information about''' | |||
| '''2. Look first in''' | |||
| '''3. Then search''' | |||
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| Adoptions | |||
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]] | |||
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]] | |||
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| Age | |||
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] | |||
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| Birth date | |||
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]] | |||
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]] | |||
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| Birth place | |||
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
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| Boundaries and origins | |||
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | |||
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| Children | |||
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]] | |||
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]] | |||
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| City or parish of foreign birth | |||
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]] | |||
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
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| Country of foreign birth | |||
| [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |||
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Natualization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]],[[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]] | |||
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| Death information | |||
| [[Texas_Vital_Records#Death_Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Social Security Death Index]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
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| | | Dissolution of marriage (Divorce) | ||
| | | [[Texas_Vital_Records#Dissolution_of_Marriage_.28Divorce.29_Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]] | ||
| | | [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Texas Census|Census]] | ||
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| | | Emigration information | ||
| | | [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]] | ||
| [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Texas Court Records|Court Records]] | |||
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| | | Ethnic background | ||
| | | [[Texas Census|Census]], [[African-American Resources for Texas|African Americans]], [[Indians of Texas|American Indians]], [[Texas Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups|Ethnic Groups]], [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| | | Historical background | ||
| | | [[Texas History|History]], [[Illinois Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | ||
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]] | |||
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| | | Immigration date | ||
| | | [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] | ||
| | | [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]] | ||
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| | | Living relatives | ||
| | | [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Census|Census]] | ||
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
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| | | Maiden name | ||
| | | [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]] | ||
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Bible Records|Bible Records]] | |||
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| | | Marriage information | ||
| [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]] | |||
| [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]] | |||
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| Naturalization | |||
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]] | |||
| [[Texas Court Records|Court Records]], [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]] | |||
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| | | Occupations | ||
| | | [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | ||
| | | [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas History|History]] | ||
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| | | Other family members | ||
| | | [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]] | ||
| [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]] | |||
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| | | Parents | ||
| | | [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]] | ||
| [[Texas Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]] | |||
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| | | Physical description | ||
| | | [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
| | | [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Occupations|Occupations]] | ||
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| | | Place-finding aids | ||
| [[Texas Maps|Maps]], [[Texas Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] | |||
| [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| | | Places of residence | ||
| | | [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]] | ||
| | | [[Texas Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Voting Registers|Voting Registers]] | ||
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| | | Place of residence when you know only the state | ||
| | | [[Texas Census|Census]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Military Records|Military Records]] | ||
| [[Texas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Texas Taxation|Taxation]] | |||
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| | | Previous research | ||
| | | [[Texas Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]] | ||
| [[Texas History|History]], [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Societies|Societies]] | |||
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| | | Record-finding aids | ||
| | | [[Texas Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Periodicals|Periodicals]] | ||
| [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas For Further Reading|For Further Reading]] | |||
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| | | Religion | ||
| | | [[Texas Church Records|Church Records]], [[Texas Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | ||
| [[Texas Biography|Biography]], [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]] | |||
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| | | Social activities | ||
| | | [[Texas Societies|Societies]], [[Texas Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Texas Biography|Biography]] | ||
| [[Texas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Texas Directories|Directories]], [[Texas Newspapers|Newspapers]] | |||
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This table can help you decide which records to search.
- In column 1, select a research goal.
- In column 2, view (click) the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
- In column 3, find additional types of records that may be useful.
- If you do not find the desired information, see Texas Search Strategies for more suggestions.
| Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful. |
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