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*Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[Wales Census|Search Wales Censuses.]] | *Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[Wales Census|Search Wales Censuses.]] | ||
*If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of '''[[Wales Parish Registers Not Published on Findmypast & FamilySearch|parish registers not published]]''' online is being created. | *If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of '''[[Wales Parish Registers Not Published on Findmypast & FamilySearch|parish registers not published]]''' online is being created. | ||
*Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death. | *Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death. [[Wales Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]. | ||
*If you can't find a christening record for a child, especially before 1813, assume that the family used patronymic names. Do the search again using a given name search. Leave the surname field blank. | *If you can't find a christening record for a child, especially before 1813, assume that the family used patronymic names. Do the search again using a given name search. Leave the surname field blank. | ||
*Burials are more likely to include a higher percentage of the population. Search the parish church burials and local chapel burials. Many nonconformist chapels did not have their own burial ground for many years after the start of the congregation. | *Burials are more likely to include a higher percentage of the population. Search the parish church burials and local chapel burials. Many nonconformist chapels did not have their own burial ground for many years after the start of the congregation. | ||