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| These books can be digitized and available online. '''Check these online digital libraries''': | | These books can be digitized and available online. '''Check these online digital libraries''': |
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| [[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png|35px]] Try different keywords in various combinations:the name of the town,<br>
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| the name of the specific church, the denomination, "church records", and "[PROVINCE] church records". | | the name of the specific church, the denomination, "church records", and "[PROVINCE] church records". |
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| [[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png|50px]]'''Carefully evaluate''' the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a '''"near match"'''. If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, [[Evaluate the Evidence|'''Evaluate the Evidence'''.]]
| | '''Carefully evaluate''' the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a '''"near match"'''. If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, [[Evaluate the Evidence|'''Evaluate the Evidence'''.]] |
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| == References == | | == References == |