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== Record Finder Table for Montenegro ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
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 ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Montenegro topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Census|Census]], Obituaries
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Census|Census]], Military Records, Obituaries
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Notarial records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Macedonia Maps and Gazetteers|Maps & Gazetteers]]
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) History|History]], Historical Geography
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Cemeteries
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Cemeteries, Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Notarial records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) History|History]]
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Census
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Language and Languages|Languages]]
*Genealogies
| Handwriting
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Societies
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Emigration and Immigration
|
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Emigration and Immigration
| Notarial Records
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Names, Personal
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Nobility, Heraldry
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Census
*Directories
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Census|Census]], Occupations
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Nobility
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Census|Census]], Land & Property, Probate Records
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Military Records
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
|
*[[Montenegro Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Census
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Macedonia Maps and Gazetteers|Maps & Gazetteers]]
*[[Montenegro Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) History|History]], Historical Geography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Montenegro History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]], [[FYROM (Macedonia) Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Social Life and Customs
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Census|Census]], Notarial Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Montenegro History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogies
*Military records
| Societies
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
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|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Archives and Libraries|Archives & Libraries]], Church Directories
*[[Montenegro Languages]]
| Societies
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) Church Records|Church Records]]
*Names, personal
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs
 
| [[FYROM (Macedonia) History|History]]
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
*[[Montenegro Letter Writing Guide]]
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[[Category:Montenegro Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
[[Category:Montenegro Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 10:00, 22 June 2017

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

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 Census, Obituaries
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Military Records, Obituaries
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Maps & Gazetteers History, Historical Geography
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Obituaries
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration Societies
Historical background History Societies
Language helps Languages Handwriting
Living relatives Directories Societies
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration Notarial Records
Naming customs Names, Personal
Noble families Nobility, Heraldry
Occupations Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Land & Property, Probate Records
Physical description Military Records
Place-finding aids Maps & Gazetteers History, Historical Geography
Places of residence Church Records, Civil Registration Census, Notarial Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogies Societies
Record-finding aids Archives & Libraries, Church Directories Societies
Religion Church Records History
Social activities Social Life and Customs History