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Revision as of 09:25, 18 July 2017
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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 | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census |
| Birth date and birthplace | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census, Military Records |
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county) | Gazetteers, Governates and Voivodeships, Historical Geography | Maps, Geography |
| Death information | Church Records, Civil Registration | Cemeteries |
| Emigration information | Emigration and Immigration | — |
| Historical background | History | Societies, Social Life and Customs |
| Language helps | Languages | Handwriting |
| Living relatives | Directories, Societies | — |
| Maiden name | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census |
| Marriage information | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census |
| Naming customs | Names, Personal | — |
| Noble families | Nobility | Heraldry |
| Occupations | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census, Occupations |
| Parents, children, and other family members | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census, Land and Property |
| Physical description | Military Records | — |
| Place-finding aids | Gazetteers, Governates and Voivodeships, Historical Geography | Maps, Geography |
| Places of residence | Church Records, Civil Registration | Census, Land and Property |
| Previous research (compiled genealogy) | Genealogies | Periodicals, Societies |
| Record-finding aids | Archives and Libraries, Church Directories | — |
| Religion | Church Records | History |
| Social activities | Social Life and Customs | History |