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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
Use the birth date along with the place of birth to find the family in census records. | |||
*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records. | |||
*The father’s occupation can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records. | |||
*The parents' birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family. | |||
*It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile birth entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same county or nearby. | |||
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for 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. | |||
*Search the indexes and records of nearby counties. | |||
=== Research Helps === | === Research Helps === | ||
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[South Carolina, United States Genealogy|South Carolina]]. | The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[South Carolina, United States Genealogy|South Carolina]]. | ||
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=== Related Collections === | === Related Collections === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2127881 South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872.] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2127881 South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872.] | ||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | ||