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Record Finder

The table below can help you decide which records to search.

Step 1. In column 1 select a research goal. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

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

> Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. They explain what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find them in the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Step 3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

> Records of previous research (such as Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Ages	Civil Registration, Church Records	Census, Emigration and Immigration
Birth dates	Civil Registration, Church Records	Emigration and Immigration
Cities or parishes of foreign birth	Civil Registration, Church Records	Emigration and Immigration, Schools, Military Records
Customs	Social Life and Customs	History, Minorities
Deaths	Civil Registration, Church Records	Cemeteries, Newspapers
Ethnicity	Civil Registration, Church Records	Emigration and Immigration, Societies
Historical backgrounds	History	Gazetteers, Periodicals
Immigration dates	Emigration and Immigration	Census, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship
Living relatives	Directories	Newspapers, Biography, Court Records
Maiden names	Civil Registration, Church Records	Cemeteries, Military Records
Marriages	Civil Registration, Church Records	Census
Municipal origins and boundaries	Gazetteer, Maps	History
Occupations	Civil Registration, Church Records	Census, Directories
Parents, children, and other family members	Civil Registration, Church Records	Emigration and Immigration, Census, Probate, Genealogy
Physical descriptions	Emigration and Immigration	Military Records
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers	Maps, History
Places of residence	Civil Registration, Church Records	Census, Biography
Previous research	Genealogy	Periodicals, Biography, Societies, Nobility
Religions	Church Records	History
Social activities	Social Life and Customs	Biography, History, Genealogy