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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	Military Records
Birth date and birthplace	Civil Registration, Church Records	Military Records
Boundaries (parish, district, county, province)	Gazetteers, Historical Geography	Maps, History
Country of foreign birth	Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Death information	Civil Registration, Church Records	—
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration, Census	Military Records
Historical background	History, Genealogy	Maps
Language helps	Language and Languages	Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Living relatives	Directories, Civil Registration	Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	—
Marriage information	Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy	Biography, Nobility, Periodicals
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Social Life and Customs
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Biography, Periodicals
Occupation	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Census, Civil Registration	Church Records
Physical description	Military Records, Emigration and Immigration	Biography
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Historical Geography, Directories, Church Directories	History, Periodicals
Places of residence	Census, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration	—
Places of residence when you know only the province	Directories, Census, Civil Registration	Church Records, Military Records
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Biography, Genealogy, Societies	Nobility, Periodicals
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Genealogy	Societies, Periodicals, Church Directories
Religion	Church Records, Biography, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Church History
Social Activities	History, Social Life and Customs	—