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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== Record Finder Table for England ==
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.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the England topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
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|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries,]] [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
|-
|-
| Birthplace
|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*Obituaries
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Ireland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]],[[Ireland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church History|Church History]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Ireland Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|
*[[England Directories|Directories]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Ireland Heraldry|Heraldry]], [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| —
*[[England Census|Census]]
|-
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| Occupation
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc.]]
*[[England Directories|Directories]]  
|-
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| Parents, children, and other family members
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]]  
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]]; [[Ireland Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc|Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc]].; [[Ireland Schools|Schools]]
 
|-
|}
| Physical description
 
| [[Ireland Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ireland Military Records|Military Records]]  
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ireland Occupations|Occupations]]
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Ireland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Ireland Maps|Maps]]
| [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland History|History]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Names Personal|Names (Personal)]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| align="left" | Noble families
| [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Ireland Directories|Directories]], [[Ireland Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ireland Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ireland Taxation|Taxation]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Nobility|Nobility]], [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Ireland Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[England Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Religion
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Ireland Biography|Biography]], [[Ireland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ireland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Ireland Census|Census]], [[Ireland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ireland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ireland History|History]]
*Social Customs and Activities
*[[England Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| Social activities
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social Life and Customs, [[Ireland History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Ireland Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
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Revision as of 19:44, 12 January 2021

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Record Finder Table for England[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the England topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Noble families
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description