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== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
*Add any new information to your records
*Add any new information to your records
*Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information  
*If available, check the image for additional information
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names
*Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records [[Philippines Census]]
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate civil (see “Related Wiki Articles” section below) and land records [[Philippines Land and Property]]
*The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
*Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family
*Try searching by surname only
*The name of a marriage officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the province. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other provinces
*Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century
*Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
*Note the founding date of the parish you are searching. If the date is after your ancestor would be recorded, search records of the parent parish.
*Use the marital status to identify previous marriages (whether a divorce or death dissolved a previous marriage)
*Witnesses often were relatives of the parents
=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? ===
*Consult the [[Philippines Record Finder]] to find other records
*Note the founding date of the parish you are searching. If the date is after your ancestor would be recorded, search records of the parent parish. See the Catholic Directory of the Philippines. If your ancestor lived before the beginning date of the church records, the older parish may be far from the new one
*Or your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records
**[[Philippines Emigration and Immigration]]
*Civil registration records are also a good substitute when church records are insufficient
**[[Philippines, Civil Registration, Local - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
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=== Research Helps ===
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== Citing This Collection ==
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