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===I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?===         
===I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?===         
 
               
If you did not find the person you were looking for, consider selecting the "Illegible Surname" category and see if you can locate them.                     
*Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, either Civil Registration records or Church Records may be more useful.                                   
*Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, either Civil Registration records or Church Records may be more useful.                                   
*While searching, it is helpful to know such information as the ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.                           
*While searching, it is helpful to know such information as the ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.                           
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