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===Vital Records === | ===Vital Records === | ||
Understand that any birth, marriage, or death certificate gives information about other people besides the primary person it is about | Understand that any birth, marriage, or death certificate gives information about other people besides the primary person it is about | ||
# It is important to remember that a birth certificate for a child might tell | # It is important to remember that a birth certificate for a child might tell its parents' birthplaces. | ||
# Marriage certificates might name birth dates and places of the bride and groom. They might also give the names and birth places of the parents of the bride and groom. | # Marriage certificates might name birth dates and places of the bride and groom. They might also give the names and birth places of the parents of the bride and groom. | ||
# Death certificates are very important. Birth and marriage certificates might not have kept by a state during the earlier years of your ancestor's life. There is a greater chance that your ancestor died after detailed record-keeping began. Death certificates frequently state birth date and place. They also state the names of parents and their birth places. | # Death certificates are very important. Birth and marriage certificates might not have kept by a state during the earlier years of your ancestor's life. There is a greater chance that your ancestor died after detailed record-keeping began. Death certificates frequently state birth date and place. They also state the names of parents and their birth places. | ||