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== Record Finder Table for England ==
== Record Finder Table for Yorkshire ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the England topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Yorkshire topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
{|
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*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Biography|Biography]]
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility (England)]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Yorkshire Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|}
|}
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*Obituaries  
*Obituaries  
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property Records]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-  
|-  
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Directories|Directories]]
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Societies|Societies]]
*[[Yorkshire Societies|Societies]]
*[[England Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*Social media, Facebook, etc.
 
|-  
|-  
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*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*See the FamilySearch Wiki emigration and immigration article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration (England)]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration (England)]]
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
*[[England Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Yorkshire Directories|Directories]]  
*[[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Yorkshire Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]


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| align="left" | Noble families  
| align="left" | Noble families  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[England Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Yorkshire Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[England Nobility|Nobility]]  
*[[England Nobility|Nobility England)]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|   
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|   
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Census|Census]]
*[[Yorkshire Census|Census]]
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Yorkshire Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[England Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Yorkshire Occupations|Occupations]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[England Taxation|Taxation (England)]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[England Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
 
*[[England Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*Obituaries
*[[England Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Yorkshire Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[England Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies (England)]]
*[[England Biography|Biography (England)]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Social Customs and Activities
*[[England Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs (England)]]
*[[England Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Obituaries
*[[Yorkshire Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[England Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Military Records|Military Records (England)]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[England Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Yorkshire Court Records|Court Records]]
|}
|}
==Links to Instructions and Records by County==
==Links to Instructions and Records by County==
The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each county:<br>
{|
==Counties  and Parishes==
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
The England counties listed below are based on historic boundaries pre-1974. Genealogy records are kept on the county and parish level in England.  Click on a county or parish name below to go to the relevant wiki article listing more information.
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each county and parish:'''
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen">
|}
<li>[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire]] ([[Bedfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire]] ([[Berkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
{|
<li>[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire]] ([[Buckinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire]] ([[Cambridgeshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|style="padding-right:50px"|
<li>[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire]] ([[Cheshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
<li>[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]] ([[Cornwall Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland]] ([[Cumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire]] ([[Derbyshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
<li>[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon]] ([[Devon Parishes|parishes]])</li>
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
<li>[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] ([[Dorset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham]] ([[Durham Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]] ([[Essex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire County]]
<li>[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire]] ([[Gloucestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Bedfordshire Parishes]]
<li>[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire]] ([[Hampshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire]] ([[Herefordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire County]]
<li>[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire]] ([[Hertfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Berkshire Parishes]]
<li>[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire]] ([[Huntingdonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent]] ([[Kent Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire]] ([[Lancashire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire County]]
<li>[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire]] ([[Leicestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Buckinghamshire Parishes]]
<li>[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire]] ([[Lincolnshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[London, England Genealogy|London]] ([[London Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex]] ([[Middlesex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire County]]
<li>[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk]] ([[Norfolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cambridgeshire  Parishes]]
<li>[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire]] ([[Northamptonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland]] ([[Northumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire]] ([[Nottinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire County]]
<li>[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire]] ([[Oxfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cheshire  Parishes]]
<li>[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland]] ([[Rutland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire]] ([[Shropshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] ([[Somerset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall County]]
<li>[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire]] ([[Staffordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cornwall  Parishes]]
<li>[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk]] ([[Suffolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey]] ([[Surrey Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex]] ([[Sussex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland County]]
<li>[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire]] ([[Warwickshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Cumberland  Parishes]]
<li>[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland]] ([[Westmorland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
 
<li>[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire]] ([[Wiltshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|-
<li>[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire]] ([[Worcestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire County]]
<li>[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire]] ([[Yorkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
|[[Derbyshire  Parishes]]
</ul>
 
|-
|[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon County]]
|[[Devon  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset County]]
|[[Dorset  Parishes]]
 
|-
|[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham County]]
|[[Durham  Parishes]]


|-
|[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex County]]
|[[Essex  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire County]]
|[[Gloucestershire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire County]]
|[[Hampshire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire County]]
|[[Herefordshire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire County]]
|[[Hertfordshire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire County]]
|[[Huntingdonshire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent County]]
|[[Kent  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire County]]
|[[Lancashire  Parishes]]
|-
|[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire County]]
|[[Leicestershire  Parishes]]
|}
|
{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="2"|
|-
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|County Topic Articles Links
!style="padding-right:100px; padding-left:10px"|Parishes Links
|-
|[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire County]]
|[[Lincolnshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[London, England Genealogy|London County]]
|[[London Parishes]]
|-
|[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex County]]
|[[Middlesex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk County]]
|[[Norfolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire County]]
|[[Northamptonshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland County]]
|[[Northumberland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire County]]
|[[Nottinghamshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire County]]
|[[Oxfordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland County]]
|[[Rutland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire County]]
|[[Shropshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset County]]
|[[Somerset Parishes]]
|-
|[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire County]]
|[[Staffordshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk County]]
|[[Suffolk Parishes]]
|-
|[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey County]]
|[[Surrey Parishes]]
|-
|[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex County]]
|[[Sussex Parishes]]
|-
|[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire County]]
|[[Warwickshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland County]]
|[[Westmorland Parishes]]
|-
|[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire County]]
|[[Wiltshire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire County]]
|[[Worcestershire Parishes]]
|-
|[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire County]]
|[[Yorkshire Parishes]]
|}
|}
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{{Place|England}}  


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