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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, Church Records, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Military Records
Birth date	Church Records, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Military Records, Newspapers, Occupations
Birthplace	Church Records, Civil Registration	Census, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers	History, Maps
Death information	Cemeteries, Church Records, Civil Registration, Newspapers	Court Records, Probate Records, Land and Property
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Church Records,Naturalization and Citizenship
Historical background	Genealogy, History	Church History
Language helps	Language and Languages	—
Living relatives	Civil Registration, Directories	Newspapers, Periodicals, Societies
Maiden name	Church Records, Civil Registration	Newspapers
Marriage information	Church Records, Civil Registration	Biography, Genealogy, Newspapers, Nobility
Naming customs	Names (Personal)	—
Noble families	Heraldry, Nobility	—
Occupation	Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Directories, Occupations, Probate Records	Court Records; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.
Parents, children, and other family members	Census, Church Records, Civil Registration, Probate Records	Land and Property; Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.; Schools
Physical description	Court Records, Military Records	Biography, Newspapers, Occupations
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Directories, History, Land and Property, Periodicals, Taxation
Places of residence	Census, Church Records, Directories	Land and Property, Names (Personal)
Place of residence when you know only the county	Civil Registration, Directories, Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation	Church Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Biography, Genealogy, Societies	Nobility, Periodicals
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Genealogy	Periodicals, Societies
Religion	Biography, Church Records, Civil Registration	Census, Cemeteries, Genealogy, History
Social activities	Social Life and Customs, History	Societies