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Age	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Obituaries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Schools
Birth date	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Obituaries, Occupations, Census
Birthplace	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Occupations, Naturalization and Citizenship, Schools, Military Records
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers, Church History	Maps, History, Historical Geography
Death	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records,Obituaries, Newspapers	Probate Records, Court Records, Occupations, Cemeteries
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration, Societies, Military Records, Periodicals,Newspapers	See the FamilySearch Wiki aricle for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Historical background	History, Church History	Societies
Language helps	Language and Languages	Handwriting
Living relatives	Directories, Genealogy	Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name	Church Records,Civil Registration	Jewish Records, Obituaries
Marriage	Church Records, Civil Registration, Jewish Records	Genealogy, Periodicals, Nobility, Newspapers
Naming customs	Names (Personal)	Genealogy, Periodicals
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Biography, Periodicals
Occupations	Church Records, Occupations, Directories, Population	Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Church Directories, Dwellings
Parents, children, and other family members	Church Records,Civil Registration, Obituaries, Jewish Records	Probate Records, Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship
Physical description	Military Records, Biography	Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers,Maps	Historical Geography
Places of residence	Population, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Directories, Jewish Records, Military Records	Biography, Genealogy, Census, Dwellings, Land and Property, Periodicals Names (Personal)
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biography, Nobility, Dwellings
Religion	Church Records	History
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries,Church History, Church Directories	Societies, Periodicals