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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
== Record Finder Table for Gibraltar ==
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 Gibraltar 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 ===
 
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| 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
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Maiden name
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Living relatives
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*Genealogies
*Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Societies|Societies]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Maiden name 
| align="left" | Immigration date
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
*Emigration and Immigration
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*Emigration and Immigration
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Residence
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Nobility
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|
*Nobility
*Heraldry
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Occupation
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Gibraltar Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Gibraltar Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Gibraltar Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Social activities
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" | Physical description
|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
 
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Record-finding aids
 
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| Religion
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| Social activities
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[[Category:Gibraltar Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
[[Category:Gibraltar Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 22:57, 23 January 2021

Gibraltar Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Gibraltar Background
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Gibraltar[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 Gibraltar 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
  • Genealogies
  • Directories

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
  • Jewish Records
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Country and town of origin

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:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description