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Record Selection Table

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

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful. |}

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Census	Church Records
Birth date	Church Records	Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Birthplace	Census (1865 and later)	Church Records
Death	Church Records	Probate Records, Court Records
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Societies, Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Historical background	History	Social Life and Customs, Societies
Language helps	Language and Languages	Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Living relatives	Genealogy	Societies, Directories(Bygdebøk)
Marriage	Church Records	Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Social Life and Customs
Noble families	Nobility	Biography, Periodicals
Occupation	Church Records	Census, Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Parents, children, and other family members	Church Records	Census, Probate Records, Court Records, Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Parish, district, and county boundaries	Maps	Gazetteers
Physical description	Military Records	Biography, Genealogy (Bygdebøk)
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers	Maps, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Places of residence	Church Records	Census, Land and Property, Genealogy
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biography, Archives and Libraries

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-*In column 1 find the goal you selected.
+This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
-*In column 2 find the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need.
-*Column 3 lists those types of records that may also be useful.
-Records containing previous research (biography, genealogy, history, nobility, periodicals, and societies) could provide useful information for most goals. These are listed repeatedly when they '''are especially helpful''' for a goal.
+Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
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+Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
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-| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the subject headings used in many Wiki articles and in the Locality section of the FamilySearch Catalog.<br>
-Find an article in this Wiki by searching for "Norway" and the type of record you found in columns 2 or 3.
+Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.
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