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-== What Can This Collection Tell Me? ==
+== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
 '''The application forms and lineages''' include:
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 == What Do I Do Next? ==
-Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.
+Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.
 === I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
-*Use the information found in the application to search for other records such as birth, christening, marriage, census, land and death records.
+*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later.
-*Use the information to find additional family members.
+*Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records. (Make sure that if it’s a marriage article, you take the word marriage out, if it’s a birth article, take the word birth out, etc.)
+*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
+*Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses.  Witnesses were usually family members.
 *Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
-*[[Texas Church Records| Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
+*[[Texas Church Records| Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
 === I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
-*Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc.  Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
+*If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives.
-*Collect entries for every person who has the same surname.  This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
+*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county.
-*If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
+*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
-*Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
+*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well.
-*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.shtml nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well.
+*Check the info box above for additional FamilySearch websites and related websites that may assist you in finding similar records.
-*Search the indexes and records of [[Texas, United States Genealogy]].
-*Search in the [[Texas Archives and Libraries]].
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