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Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful. | Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful. | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | '''1. If You Need''' | |||
| bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | '''2. Look First In''' | |||
| bgcolor="#ffccff" align="left" | '''3. Then Search''' | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Age | |||
| align="left" | Census, Vital Records, Church Records | |||
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Military Records, Emigration and Immigration | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Birth date | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Cemeteries, Newspapers, Census | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Birthplace | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records | |||
| align="left" | Census, Newspapers | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Church Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Biography, | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Vital Records, Newspapers, History, Emigration and Immigration | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth | |||
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship | |||
| align="left" | Church Records, Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Death | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Newspapers, Military Records, Obituaries | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Ethnic background | |||
| align="left" | Minorities, Native Races, Societies, Church Records, Census | |||
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | French terms | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Language and Languages | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Church Records, Vital Records, | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Historical background | |||
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography, Periodicals | |||
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Minorities | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Immigration date | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Census, Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions) | |||
| align="left" | Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries | |||
| align="left" | Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Maiden name, alias names | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Cemeteries; Military Records; Probate Records; Names, Personal | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Marriage | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers | |||
| align="left" | Military Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Cemeteries | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Occupation | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration, Vital Records | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Court Records, Business Records and Commerce | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members | |||
| align="left" | Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Probate Records, Genealogy | |||
| align="left" | Obituaries, Emigration and Immigration, Newspapers, Cemeteries | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Physical description | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Military Records, Biography | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Vital Records, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Place-finding aids | |||
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps, History | |||
| align="left" | Historical Geography, Periodicals | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Places of residence | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Census, Land and Property | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | History, Military Records | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the province | |||
| align="left" | Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, Land and Property | |||
| align="left" | Biography, Probate Records, History, Emigration and Immigration, Directories | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Political subdivision origins and boundaries | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps, Directories | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | History, Historical Geography | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy) | |||
| align="left" | Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies | |||
| align="left" | History, Biography | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Record-finding aids | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Societies | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Periodicals | |||
|- | |||
| align="left" | Religion | |||
| align="left" | Census, Church Records, History | |||
| align="left" | Biography, Cemeteries, Obituaries | |||
|- | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Social activities | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | History, Biography, Newspapers, Societies | |||
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries | |||
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[[Category:Alberta]] | [[Category:Alberta]] | ||