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As you or your agent search church records, use the following strategies:  
As you or your agent search church records, use the following strategies:  


**Search all parish registers and other available church records of the appropriate locality for the time period you are researching.  
*Search all parish registers and other available church records of the appropriate locality for the time period you are researching.  
**Search surrounding localities if you cannot find records in the expected locality.  
*Search surrounding localities if you cannot find records in the expected locality.  
**Note all entries, including burials, for the surname you are searching (unless the name is very common).  
*Note all entries, including burials, for the surname you are searching (unless the name is very common).  
**Note gaps or missing pages in the record. You may want to search alternative records for the missing time periods.  
*Note gaps or missing pages in the record. You may want to search alternative records for the missing time periods.  
**If you find little or no mention of your family in parish records, search other records.  
*If you find little or no mention of your family in parish records, search other records.  
**Use the additional information (residence, occupation, etc.) given in parish registers to find other records to search.
*Use the additional information (residence, occupation, etc.) given in parish registers to find other records to search.


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