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== | ===Look for online records.=== | ||
'''Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local [https://familysearch.org/locations/ family history center] or the [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Family_History_Library Family History Library] in Salt Lake City, Utah. | |||
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Online databases are <span style="color:Red">'''incomplete'''</span>. This can lead to two common errors: | |||
#'''Near matches:''' Researchers might <span style="color:Red">'''mistakenly accept an entry very similar to their ancestor'''</span>, thinking it is the only one available. Only use information that matches your ancestor in date, place, relationships, and other details. | |||
#'''Stopping research''': Researchers might <span style="color:Red">'''assume the database proves church records do not exist'''</span>. Actually the record is still out there, just not in this <span style="color:Red">'''incomplete'''</span> collection of records. Keep searching! | |||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790248?collectionNameFilter=true Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966], index, and some images. Incomplete. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790248?collectionNameFilter=true Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966], index, and some images. Incomplete. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60715 Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970], index and images, ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60715 Indiana, United Methodist Church Records, 1837-1970], index and images, ($) | ||