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


== Record Finder Table for Channel Islands ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<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 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
This Record Finder table links to the Channel Islands topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
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{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| Age
| [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Birth date
| [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
| Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Birthplace
| [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
| Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Place of foreign birth (not Channel Islands)
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
| [[Channel Islands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| [[Channel Islands Maps and Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| [[Channel Islands Maps and Gazetteers|Maps]], [[Channel Islands History|History]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]], [[Channel Islands Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Channel Islands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands History|History]], [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Channel Islands Church History|Church History]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Languages|Languages]]  
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Channel Islands Societies|Societies]], [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
| [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], Biography, [[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Names (Personal)
*[[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]]
|
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Channel Islands Societies|Societies]]
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], [[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]],  [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| [[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]][[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Channel Islands Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]], [[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Maps and Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]], [[Channel Islands Maps and Gazetteers|Maps]]  
*[[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
| [[Channel Islands History|History]], [[Channel Islands Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Channel Islands Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Taxation
 
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], [[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Channel Islands Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Noble families
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Directories|Directories]], [[Channel Islands Census|Census]], [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Heraldry
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Channel Islands Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Channel Islands Census|Census]]
|  
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]]
*Taxation
*[[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
*[[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Channel Islands Societies|Societies]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Channel Islands Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Channel Islands Church Records|Church Records]], Biography, Obituaries, [[Channel Islands Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*Social Customs and Activities
| [[Channel Islands Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Channel Islands Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Channel Islands History|History]], [[Channel Islands Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Channel Islands Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Channel Islands History|History]]
*[[Channel Islands Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Channel Islands Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Channel Islands Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
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[[Category:Channel Islands Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
 
[[Category:Channel Islands Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Revision as of 10:31, 7 November 2017

Channel Islands Wiki Topics
Channel Islands in its region.png
Beginning Research
Record Types
By Island
Channel Islands 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 Census, Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Obituaries, Military Records
Birth date Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records
Birthplace Census, Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records
Place of foreign birth (not Channel Islands) Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers Maps, History
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records
Emigration information See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated. Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
Historical background History, Genealogy Church History
Language helps Languages
Living relatives Directories, Civil Registration Societies, Newspapers
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy Newspapers, Biography, Cemeteries
Naming customs Names (Personal)
Noble families
Occupation Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Probate Records Court Records, Military Records
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, Land and Property
Places of residence Census, Church Records, Directories Land and Property, Probate Records
Place of residence when you know only the county Directories, Census, Probate Records, Civil Registration Church Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Biography, Genealogy, Societies
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Genealogy Societies
Religion Church Records, Biography, Obituaries, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Probate Records
Social activities History Societies