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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for:	Try these records first:	Other useful records:
Age	Church Records, Civil Registration	Census
Birth date and birthplace	Church Records, Civil Registration	Census, Nobility Records, Cemeteries
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers, Maps, History	Church History, Historical Geography
Death information	Church Records, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Newspapers
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Church Records, Newspapers, Societies
Historical background	History	Church History, Societies
Language helps	Word List, Handwriting	—
Living relatives	—	Societies
Maiden name	Church Records, Civil Registration Notarial Records	Nobility Records
Marriage information	Church Records, Civil Registration	Notarial Records, Nobility Records
Naming customs	Spain Names	—
Noble families	Nobility Records	Heraldry, Biography
Occupations	Church Records, Civil Registration	Census, Notarial Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Church Records, Civil Registration	Notarial Records, Census
Physical description	Military Records	—
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers	Maps, Emigration and Immigration
Places of residence	Church Records, Civil Registration	Census, Notarial Records, Emigration and Immigration
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Compiled Genealogies, Nobility Records	Societies
Record-finding aids	Online Records, Compiled Genealogies, Archives	—
Religion	Church Records, Ethnic Groups	History, Church History, Jewish Records
Social activities	History, Newspapers	Church History