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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
== Record Finder Table for Channel Islands ==
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 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Channel Islands topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


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




[[Category:Channel Islands Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]
[[Category:Channel Islands Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 16:59, 12 November 2022

Channel Islands Wiki Topics
Channel Islands in its region.png
Beginning Research
Record Types
By Island
Channel Islands Background
Local Research Resources


Record Finder Table for Channel Islands[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 Channel Islands 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
  • Census
  • Naturalization and Citizenship

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
  • Heraldry
  • Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Customs and Activities
  • Obituaries
Physical description
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