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*If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of [[User:WilliamsDa/Sandbox11|'''parish registers not published''']] online is being created.
*If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of [[User:WilliamsDa/Sandbox11|'''parish registers not published''']] online is being created.
*Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death.  [[Wales Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]].
*Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death.  [[Wales Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]].
=== Evaluation and Analysis ===
Read the record carefully
Interpret what the information says
Analyze what you already know and compare it with what you learned from the new record. Always ask yourself:
Draw conclusions from that analysis


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