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=== I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
=== I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later.  
*Copy the citation below, in case you need to find this record again later.  
* Use the ages listed to determine approximate birth dates and find the family in additional censuses.
* Use the ages listed to determine approximate birth dates and find the family in the censuses.
*Use the information found in the record to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  
*Use the information found in the record to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.  
*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
*Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.  
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.  
*[[Texas Church Records| Church Records]] were kept years before counties began keeping records. They 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? ===   
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