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Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area. | Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area. | ||
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*Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name. Click here for a list of [ | *Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name. Click here for a list of [[Media:SpanishNameAbbreviations.pdf|Spanish name abbreviations]] | ||
*A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]] | *A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region, or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records. [[Venezuela Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
*Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. | *Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. | ||
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