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-== What Can This Collection Tell Me? ==
+== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
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 == What Do I Do Next? ==
-When you have located your ancestor in the hospital records, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.
+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 birth date or age along with the place of birth to find or verify their birth records and parents' names.
-*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records.
+*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later.
-*Use the residence and names of the parents (if the deceased is a child) to locate church and land records.
+*Use the information found in the record to locate the death record. (Only keep this sentence if the collection is obituaries or cemetery records/funeral homes)
-*Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
+*Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, and marriage records.
-*Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records such as employment records or military records.
+*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
-*The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county.
+*Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses.
-*The name of the undertaker or mortuary could lead you to funeral and cemetery records, which often include the names and residences of other family members.
+*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
-=== I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now? ===
+*[[Ohio Church Records| Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
-*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names.
-*Look for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
+=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
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-*Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
+*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.
-*Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the deceased who may have died or been buried in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
+*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.
-*When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
+*Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
+*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.
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