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==What Are Birth Records?== | ==What Are Birth Records?== | ||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">Birth records are a '''primary source''' used in family history research. '''Finding them is an important research goal.'''</span> | |||
*<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''What can you find in birth records?'''</span> In addition to the basic information of '''names of the child and parents, date, and place of the birth''', birth records can give important details about the '''parents’ residence, birth places, occupations, the mother’s maiden name, and in some cases grandparents’ names.''' Other relatives may show up as '''witnesses'''. | |||
*<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Where are birth records kept?''' </span>Records were kept on a national, state or province, county, town or church parish level, which '''varies by place and time period.''' | *<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Where are birth records kept?''' </span>Records were kept on a national, state or province, county, town or church parish level, which '''varies by place and time period.''' | ||
**More recent birth records are typically found in '''government records, called "vital records or civil registration"'''. The government records tend to be kept more recently, perhaps beginning in the 1800s and 1900s. In the more western states of the U.S., states did not begin keeping records until the 20th century. | **More recent birth records are typically found in '''government records, called "vital records or civil registration"'''. The government records tend to be kept more recently, perhaps beginning in the 1800s and 1900s. In the more western states of the U.S., states did not begin keeping records until the 20th century. | ||