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*'''Surrounding Counties:''' Search surrounding counties and those records for your ancestor and family members. You may find them listed in other records because of associating with others over the border of the county. Exhaust these records. | *'''Surrounding Counties:''' Search surrounding counties and those records for your ancestor and family members. You may find them listed in other records because of associating with others over the border of the county. Exhaust these records. | ||
*'''Search Courthouse of Record Loss:''' Search the courthouse for records AFTER the record loss. If your ancestors and their extended family stayed in the area during the time period, you should look in records up to 100 years after the record loss. Records of children and grandchildren can give information about their ancestors. Search in all the court records mentioned below. | *'''Search Courthouse of Record Loss:''' Search the courthouse for records AFTER the record loss. If your ancestors and their extended family stayed in the area during the time period, you should look in records up to 100 years after the record loss. Records of children and grandchildren can give information about their ancestors. Search in all the court records mentioned below. | ||
*'''State Repositories:''' | *'''State Repositories:''' The county may have sent copies of their records to the state archive and/ state library. Search all the record types [[Burned Counties Research #Substitute Records|listed]] below at these repositories. | ||
*'''Federal Repositories:''' Some record types were copied and sent to the Federal Government and are now housed at the National Archives. Records include, military, land, immigration, naturalization, and other government programs. Search the National Archives finding aids and catalog for possible records to search. | *'''Federal Repositories:''' Some record types in a county were copied and sent to the Federal Government and are now housed at the National Archives. Records include, military, land, immigration, naturalization, and other government programs. Search the [https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy National Archives finding aids and catalog] for possible records to search. | ||
*'''Jurisdiction Alternatives''' The county records may have burned, but the town, state, or federal governments may have similar records. Do not forget to check in neighboring towns and counties too. Try an area search. Draw a circle around the home of your family and search all the jurisdictions with the circle. Slowly expand the circle searching the area farther and farther from home. | *'''Jurisdiction Alternatives''' The county records may have burned, but the town, state, or federal governments may have similar records. Do not forget to check in neighboring towns and counties too. Try an area search. Draw a circle around the home of your family and search all the jurisdictions with the circle. Slowly expand the circle searching the area farther and farther from home. | ||
*'''Search Online Trees:''' You can sometimes find clues to other researchers' work found on differnet online trees. Always look for supporting documents for claims of vital events and information. | *'''Search Online Trees:''' You can sometimes find clues to other researchers' work found on differnet online trees. Always look for supporting documents for claims of vital events and information. | ||
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