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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	Census, Civil Registration, Church Records	Cemeteries, Obituaries, Military Records
Birth date	Civil Registration, Church Records	Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records
Birthplace	Census, Civil Registration, Church Records	Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records
Place of foreign birth (not Channel Islands)	Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)	Gazetteers	Maps, History
Death information	Civil Registration, Church Records, Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries	Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records
Emigration information	See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.	Emigration and Immigration, Church Records
Historical background	History, Genealogy	Church History
Language helps	Languages	—
Living relatives	Directories, Civil Registration	Societies, Newspapers
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Marriage information	Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy	Newspapers, Biography, Cemeteries
Naming customs	Names (Personal)	—
Noble families		—
Occupation	Church Records, Census, Directories, Civil Registration, Probate Records	Court Records, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Census, Obituaries, Probate Records	Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
Physical description	Military Records, Court Records	Church Records, Newspapers, Civil Registration
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Directories, Maps	History, Land and Property
Places of residence	Census, Church Records, Directories	Land and Property, Probate Records
Place of residence when you know only the county	Directories, Census, Probate Records, Civil Registration	Church Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Biography, Genealogy, Societies
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Genealogy	Societies
Religion	Church Records, Biography, Obituaries, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Probate Records
Social activities	History	Societies