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{{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive}} | {{Tip|Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive}} | ||
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::*They may live with or near relatives | |||
::*Relatives, such as parents, brothers, sisters, an aunt, or uncle, may live with them | ::*Relatives, such as parents, brothers, sisters, an aunt, or uncle, may live with them | ||
::*Censuses 1880 and later tell the state or nation | ::*Censuses 1880 and later tell the state or nation where the father and the mother were born | ||
{{Tip|Search records of your ancestor's siblings}} | {{Tip|Search records of your ancestor's siblings}} |
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Here are a few tips for learning the names of a person's parents:
Tip: Check death related records of your ancestor first |
- Why?
- More records were created around a person's death
- Death related records usually give birth and marriage information, clues leading to parents
- Later records typically provide more information and clues
- Death certificates ask for names of parents
- Obituaries usually identify the parents
Tip: Search marriage records for your ancestor |
- Why?
- Marriage records often give names of parents
- The records usually exist from the time the county was formed
Tip: Find your ancestor in every census taken while he/she was alive |
- Why:
- They may live with or near relatives
- Relatives, such as parents, brothers, sisters, an aunt, or uncle, may live with them
- Censuses 1880 and later tell the state or nation where the father and the mother were born
Tip: Search records of your ancestor's siblings |
- Why?
- Brothers and sisters had the same parents. Their records may have your answer.
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