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United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later | *Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later | ||
*Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage and death records | *Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage and death records | ||
*Use the information in each record to find additional family members in the censuses | *Use the information in each record to find additional family members in the censuses | ||
*Use the information found in the record to find land or probate records | *Use the information found in the record to find land or probate records | ||
*Repeat this process with additional family member’s records to find more generations of the family | *Repeat this process with additional family member’s records to find more generations of the family | ||
*Church records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900 | *Church records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900 | ||
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | ||