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== Record Finder Table for Gibraltar ==
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 Gibraltar 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>
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
 
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
|[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], [[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Gibraltar Maps and Gazetteers|Maps and Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], [[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
|
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*Genealogies
|  
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Societies|Societies]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Languages
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Gibraltar Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
|  
*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
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*Emigration and Immigration
|[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish 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:'''
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
|
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Census|Census]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Gibraltar Maps and Gazetteers|Maps and Gazetteers]]
*Nobility
|  
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|[[Gibraltar Societies|Societies]]
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Gibraltar Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Gibraltar Societies|Societies]]
 
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]], [[Gibraltar Census|Census]], [[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
 
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
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[[Category:Gibraltar Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Gibraltar Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 12:12, 7 November 2017

Gibraltar Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Gibraltar 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
Birth date and birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records, Census Cemeteries
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Maps and Gazetteers
Death information Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records, Cemeteries
Emigration information Jewish Records
Historical background History
Language helps Languages
Living relatives Societies
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records Cemeteries, Jewish Records
Marriage information Civil Registration, Church Records, Jewish Records Cemeteries
Occupations Census
Parents, children, and other family members Civil Registration, Church Records, Census, Jewish Records Cemeteries, Census
Place-finding aids Maps and Gazetteers
Places of residence Civil Registration, Census Church Records, Jewish Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Societies
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies
Religion Church Records, Census, Jewish Records