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=== Religious Records === | === Religious Records === | ||
Religious organizations like parishes and synagogues worldwide are often on the Internet today. Contact them directly by email or by letter. Often they do not have set procedures for obtaining recent records, but most will try to help you find information about your immediate family members and direct ancestors in the middle period. | Religious organizations like parishes and synagogues worldwide are often on the Internet today. Contact them directly by email or by letter. Often they do not have set procedures for obtaining recent records, but most will try to help you find information about your immediate family members and direct ancestors in the {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}}. | ||
=== Governmental Vital Records === | === Governmental Vital Records === | ||
Governmental vital records were kept in some jurisdictions during the middle period. If they are not in the FamilySearch collections, then you must determine where the records are kept and how to access them: | Governmental vital records were kept in some jurisdictions during the {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}}. If they are not in the FamilySearch collections, then you must determine where the records are kept and how to access them: | ||
*Records still being kept by the original governmental jurisdiction. Instructions for getting vital records from the government agencies of most countries can usually be found easily on the Internet. Records from the middle period are often classified as "genealogical records" and available at a lower cost without providing verification of relationship. Example: [http://cookcountygenealogy.com/ Cook County Genealogy (Illinois)]. | *Records still being kept by the original governmental jurisdiction. Instructions for getting vital records from the government agencies of most countries can usually be found easily on the Internet. Records from the {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}} are often classified as "genealogical records" and available at a lower cost without providing verification of relationship. Example: [http://cookcountygenealogy.com/ Cook County Genealogy (Illinois)]. | ||
*Records moved to an archive. Laws and practices for archiving vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and country to country. It is common for older records to be move to an archive. Example: [http://www.archives.gov/ U.S. National Archives and Records Service]. | *Records moved to an archive. Laws and practices for archiving vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and country to country. It is common for older records to be move to an archive. Example: [http://www.archives.gov/ U.S. National Archives and Records Service]. | ||
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== Records Never Existed == | == Records Never Existed == | ||
Even when record keeping was common or required during the middle period, it often did non happen. Here are some of the reasons: | Even when record keeping was common or required during the {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}}, it often did non happen. Here are some of the reasons: | ||
*Babies born at home were sometimes never reported. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/visit.shtml New York City] reports, "Approximately 25% of all births prior to 1910 were not reported to the city. Births often took place at home and the doctor or midwife sometimes failed to report the event to the city." | *Babies born at home were sometimes never reported. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/visit.shtml New York City] reports, "Approximately 25% of all births prior to 1910 were not reported to the city. Births often took place at home and the doctor or midwife sometimes failed to report the event to the city." | ||
*Gaps exist when records were just not kept, particularly in religious records. Sometimes whole towns were devastated by war or disease. Sometimes there was simply no one there to make a record. Review reliable, published records inventories that cover the area you are searching. | *Gaps exist when records were just not kept, particularly in religious records. Sometimes whole towns were devastated by war or disease. Sometimes there was simply no one there to make a record. Review reliable, published records inventories that cover the area you are searching. | ||
Don't spend an inordinate amount of time searching for a single record because it may never have been created. Instead, move on to find other supporting evidence. | Don't spend an inordinate amount of time searching for a single record from the {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}} because it may never have been created. Instead, move on to find other supporting evidence. | ||
== Records Destroyed == | == Records Destroyed == | ||
= Use Alternate Sources = | = Use Alternate Sources = | ||
The {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}} also has much information from other sources: | The {{H:title|About 1600 to 1900| middle period}} also has much information from other sources: | ||