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Record Selection Table

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

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

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Naturalization and Citizenship
Birth date and birthplace	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Census, Military Records
Gazetteers	Maps, Diocese Inventories	Historical Atlas
Death	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records, Newspapers, Obituaries	Address books
Emigration information	Military Records, Polish online Archive Sites	—
Historical background	History, Church History	Societies
Language helps	Language and Languages	Handwriting
Living relatives	Directories, Social Networking	Societies
Maiden name	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Genealogy
Marriage	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Newspapers
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Periodicals
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Biography, Periodicals
Occupations	Church Records, Civil Registration, Obituaries, Jewish Records	—
Parents, children, and other family members	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Probate Records, Land and Property
Physical description	Military Records	—
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Historical Atlas
Places of residence	Population, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Jewish Records, Military Records	Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biographies
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Church Directories	Societies, Periodicals
Religion	Church Records, Church History	History
Social Activities	History, Social Life and Customs	—