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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	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Schools	Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date and birthplace	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Jewish Records	Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
City or parish of foreign birth	Naturalization and Citizenship	Emigration and Immigration
Boundaries (province, canton, arrondissement, department)	Gazetteers, Maps, History	Historical Geography, Church History
Death	Civil Registration, Church Records, Notarial Records, Jewish Records	Cemeteries, Probate Records, Biography
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Societies, Minorities
Historical background	History, Church History	Maps, Minorities
Language helps	Language and Languages	—
Living relatives	Directories, Genealogy	Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Marriage	Civil Registration,Church Records	Notarial Records, Biography
Naming Customs	Names (Personal)	Genealogy, Periodicals
Occupations	Directories, Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Civil Registration,Church Records, Genealogy, Societies, Nobility	Probate Records, Notarial Records, Heraldry, Biography
Physical description	Military Records, Biography	Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps	Historical Geography
Place of residence	Civil Registration, Directories, Emigration and Immigration	Census, Voting Registers, Schools, Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	Biography, History, Nobility, Heraldry, Minorities
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries	Societies, Periodicals
Religion	Church Records	Minorities, Cemeteries
Social activities	Social Life and Customs	History